“We try to place the human body in relation to the image all the time, so it's never a kind of a backdrop, but it's more of ...a much more integrative experience.” TryingHumansKindBodyRelationTheatreHuman BodyBackdrop Author:Simon McBurney
“I sometimes feel that I am trying to dig in the world around me. I'm involved in another kind of archaeology to look for another kind of truth, and the moment I find, the moment I am separated from that life, the moment I am sort of in a world, every time I have gone out and performed in the, in the cinema for example, if you do two or three films on the trot you suddenly have this impression that you're becoming separate or separated from the world around you.” IfsWorldFeelsTryingLooksKindTwoSometimesMomentsFilmThreeGoneExampleBecomingInvolvedTheatreImpressionCinemaArchaeology Author:Simon McBurney
“When you make something, if you are a painter or a writer, a degree, or a sculptor or whatever or a musician, a degree of energy is required to make it, and I'm not sure that it is always aggressive, but when you have a great deal of energy it can appear to be more aggressive than it is. In fact, I mean you can talk about a waterfall being aggressive, but in fact it is just a very powerful forward movement of energy, and although I think sometimes my engine house is a kind of anger.” IfsThinkingKindMeanSometimesFactsHouseEnergyDealsPowerfulMovementDegreesMusicianTheatrePainterNot SureAggressiveEnginesVery PowerfulSculptorsWaterfallsForward Movement Author:Simon McBurney
“Infinity is a way to describe the incomprehensible to the human mind. In a way it notates a mystery. That kind of mystery exists in relationships. A lifetime is not enough to know someone else. It provides a brief glimpse.” KnowsWayMindHumansKindEnoughMysteryLifetimeTheatreHuman MindInfinityGlimpse Author:Simon McBurney
“One of the things he liked about playwriting as to any other kind of writing is that a playwright is a w-r-i-g-h-t, not a w-r-i-t-e; in other words, that a playwright is more of a craftsman than an artist of the big novel.” WritingKindBigsArtistNovelTheatrePlaywrightCraftsmanPlaywriting Author:Simon McBurney
