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Simon McBurney quotes: 'The Magic Flute,' I think, is fundamentally asking what is it to change people's consciousness.

'The Magic Flute,' I think, is fundamentally asking what is it to change people's consciousness.

Simon McBurney quotes: The brain constantly assures us, reassures us, that we are in control. But the closer you look, the more questions you have about it.

The brain constantly assures us, reassures us, that we are in control. But the closer you look, the more questions you have about it.

Simon McBurney quotes: As a child, acting just seemed like a natural extension of my love of play - and if you've forgotten how to play, you shouldn't be an actor.

As a child, acting just seemed like a natural extension of my love of play - and if you've forgotten how to play, you shouldn't be an actor.

Simon McBurney quotes: The way the mind decodes music is an individual mystery. But the physical circumstances can change the way you listen.

The way the mind decodes music is an individual mystery. But the physical circumstances can change the way you listen.

Simon McBurney quotes: Theatre is the art form of the present: it exists only in the present, and then it's gone.

Theatre is the art form of the present: it exists only in the present, and then it's gone.

Simon McBurney quotes: I'm passionate about music, and I feel that theatre has an extraordinarily musical ability in the way it operates on the audience.

I'm passionate about music, and I feel that theatre has an extraordinarily musical ability in the way it operates on the audience.

Simon McBurney quotes: Shostakovich's final pieces, his quartets, are scratching the surface of another world.

Shostakovich's final pieces, his quartets, are scratching the surface of another world.

Simon McBurney quotes: The more they uncover the more mystery appears to be there ...

The more they uncover the more mystery appears to be there ...

Simon McBurney quotes: I don't tend to get cast in the theatre much. People assume I come with all this baggage. But they do cast me in films. In films, I'm a nobody.

I don't tend to get cast in the theatre much. People assume I come with all this baggage. But they do cast me in films. In films, I'm a nobody.

Simon McBurney quotes: I have always felt more at home in a culture that has nothing to do with the one I was born and brought up in.

I have always felt more at home in a culture that has nothing to do with the one I was born and brought up in.

Simon McBurney quotes: 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 quotes: I feel that if you can play on the streets or in a comedy club, then in a theatre it's a doddle because you've got an audience.

I feel that if you can play on the streets or in a comedy club, then in a theatre it's a doddle because you've got an audience.

Simon McBurney quotes: Mozart makes us care about people in flashes of lightning.

Mozart makes us care about people in flashes of lightning.

Simon McBurney quotes: I think it was a desire to be able to find my own voice. I think that was the big urge within me.

I think it was a desire to be able to find my own voice. I think that was the big urge within me.

Simon McBurney quotes: For some years, I've been very interested in the relationship between science and art.

For some years, I've been very interested in the relationship between science and art.

Simon McBurney quotes: 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 quotes: Most of what we say about ourselves is a wonderful piece of storytelling.

Most of what we say about ourselves is a wonderful piece of storytelling.

Simon McBurney quotes: Most people won't order tripe in a restaurant, but it can be fantastic.

Most people won't order tripe in a restaurant, but it can be fantastic.

Simon McBurney quotes: I constantly want to know - what is a table, or what is a cat?

I constantly want to know - what is a table, or what is a cat?

Simon McBurney quotes: The only reality of the theater exists in the mind of the audience.

The only reality of the theater exists in the mind of the audience.

Simon McBurney quotes: I've had various people close to me die, and I don't necessarily find the idea of death purely depressing.

I've had various people close to me die, and I don't necessarily find the idea of death purely depressing.

Simon McBurney quotes: I was keen to stage 'Faust,' although I find Goethe's 'Faust' indigestible.

I was keen to stage 'Faust,' although I find Goethe's 'Faust' indigestible.

Simon McBurney quotes: 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 quotes: With the theatre, for God's sake, everything makes sense. You create a clear sequential reality for a specific audience at one particular time.

With the theatre, for God's sake, everything makes sense. You create a clear sequential reality for a specific audience at one particular time.

Simon McBurney quotes: 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 quotes: I mean I'm talking about playing games, about imagining other people, and it's part of the way that it helps you actually see the world.

I mean I'm talking about playing games, about imagining other people, and it's part of the way that it helps you actually see the world.

Simon McBurney quotes: In 1600, Shakespeare's London was a city of 200,000 people. At the same time, there were already over a million in Tokyo.

In 1600, Shakespeare's London was a city of 200,000 people. At the same time, there were already over a million in Tokyo.

Simon McBurney quotes: I suppose I'm really interested in theatre that provides an intensity of experience on another level.

I suppose I'm really interested in theatre that provides an intensity of experience on another level.

Simon McBurney quotes: Yes it was chaos, working through chaos, you never quite knew what you were going to do each day, but you knew that you wanted to make something.

Yes it was chaos, working through chaos, you never quite knew what you were going to do each day, but you knew that you wanted to make something.

Simon McBurney quotes: 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 quotes: In Japan, sometimes it's hard to know what you are looking at.

In Japan, sometimes it's hard to know what you are looking at.

Simon McBurney quotes: 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 quotes: I can't remember a single year of my life when I haven't made a piece of theatre.

I can't remember a single year of my life when I haven't made a piece of theatre.

Simon McBurney quotes: My parents loved classical music. And my father adored Mozart. But for some reason, I always had a reaction against it.

My parents loved classical music. And my father adored Mozart. But for some reason, I always had a reaction against it.

Simon McBurney quotes: If you're an actor, go out and act.

If you're an actor, go out and act.

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

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