Top 68 Quotes by Simon McBurney

About Simon McBurney

These are some quotes by English author Simon McBurney Actor, who was born on August 25, 1957.

I sometimes feel I would like to do crazy things with 'Endgame,' where someone says something, but the words, instead of being spoken, are written words projected out of their mouth.

I sometimes feel I would like to do crazy things with 'Endgame,' where someone says something, but the words, instead of being spoken, are written words projected out of their mouth.

Simon McBurney

The very beautiful and very touching thing about opera singers is they are very willing to do whatever you want. Unlike actors, who constantly want to know why they're doing something, opera singers will sort of follow you into the fires of hell.

Simon McBurney

Any play that's making a point is less interesting than something that stays with you and suggests something further.

Any play that's making a point is less interesting than something that stays with you and suggests something further.

Simon McBurney

I was very bad at mathematics in school, and I always had the feeling as a kid that when I worked on problems, that I would be wrong.

I was very bad at mathematics in school, and I always had the feeling as a kid that when I worked on problems, that I would be wrong.

Simon McBurney

For years, I wasn't in the least bit interested in opera.

For years, I wasn't in the least bit interested in opera.

Simon McBurney

I remember the fact that milk was delivered every day by a milkman. In summer, my mother would make what now seem in my middle-aged imagination the most delicious iced milkshakes.

I remember the fact that milk was delivered every day by a milkman. In summer, my mother would make what now seem in my middle-aged imagination the most delicious iced milkshakes.

Simon McBurney

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

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

Simon McBurney

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.

Simon McBurney

My experience of my father's death was that it was still taboo; nobody would meet me after my father died because they didn't know what to say.

My experience of my father's death was that it was still taboo; nobody would meet me after my father died because they didn't know what to say.

Simon McBurney

Mozart's seeming frothiness is just a light touch with very profound material. That's what I've found working on 'The Magic Flute.'

Mozart's seeming frothiness is just a light touch with very profound material. That's what I've found working on 'The Magic Flute.'

Simon McBurney

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