“I suppose as an actor you become very sensitive to rhythm, not just rhythm as you look at it sort of from the, from the outside as a director might see it, but within yourself you become used to the idea of hearing your fellow actors, responding to them in space.” LooksIdeasMightUsedActorsSpaceDirectorsFellowsHearingTheatreRhythmSensitiveResponding 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
“I had a teacher in Paris, who said that if an actor forgot what it's like to play as a child he shouldn't be an actor. I've always loved being with children. It's marvellous to see the fresh ways they see the world. Watching them look at a tree or a river helps you to understand something that's very important.” IfsWorldWayLooksChildrenSaidImportantPlayHelpingActorsTeacherTreeRiversTheatreParisMarvellous Author:Simon McBurney
“The only reality of the theater exists in the mind of the audience. That audience looks collectively at what is going on on the stage and collectively imagines that this is real.” MindLooksRealRealityAudienceImagineStageTheaterTheatreImagine That Author:Simon McBurney
