Simon McBurney quotes

Simon McBurney is an English actor, director, and playwright known for his inventive work in theatre and film. Founder of the renowned theatre company Complicité, he has been acclaimed for his creative storytelling and innovative stage productions. He continues to influence the world of performing arts with his distinctive vision. Here are 7 of his quotes:

I spent the majority of time at school trying to break the rules. I would climb to the top of buildings; I even burned a building down once - not intentionally, just because I was interested in fire. I remember going through the rule book, ticking off the ones I had broken and looking for the ones I hadn't.

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Everyone sees something different in 'Endgame': a biblical apocalypse, a portrait of painful co-dependency, a confession of guilt and dignity in the face of death, a night of baffling hopelessness, a meaningless babble. Each interpretation reveals an absurd truth - not about the play, but about the person watching it.

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In the theatre, we're all charlatans and liars and scavengers and fly-by-nights.

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.

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When I was doing 'A Disappearing Number' in Plymouth, we had to go on an hour and a half late, and I still hadn't written an end, so we had to make one up, and then we had to go out literally with our pants round our ankles.

Simon McBurney

Ultimately, theatre takes place in the minds of the audience: they all imagine the same thing at the same time.

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