When the brain gets lost, it doesn't stop working. It tries to makes sense of things. It begins to speculate and guess, and that's when things open up. That's exciting. Simon McBurney beginbrainexcit Change image and share on social
As an actor, it's much easier for me to get work in the movies because nobody knows who I am except for the work that I've done in another movie. I really enjoy that. Simon McBurney actoreasyenjoy Change image and share on social
Theatre is the art form of the present: it exists only in the present, and then it's gone. Simon McBurney artexistform Change image and share on social
The way the mind decodes music is an individual mystery. But the physical circumstances can change the way you listen. Simon McBurney changecircumstancedecode Change image and share on social
In the theatre, because you're all looking at the same thing in the same space, consciousness is no longer individual. There is a unified consciousness. Until you look and project what is happening, it doesn't exist; the audience are the ones making the theatre, not the players. Simon McBurney audienceconsciousnessexist share on social
The only reality of the theater exists in the mind of the audience. Simon McBurney audienceexistmind Change image and share on social
'The Master and Margarita' is deeply to do with the unconscious. It is a story about a man who writes a story in a time when he's not supposed to write that story: the story of Pontius Pilate. Simon McBurney deeplymanmargarita Change image and share on social
My parents loved classical music. And my father adored Mozart. But for some reason, I always had a reaction against it. Simon McBurney adoreclassicalfather Change image and share on social