John Tiffany

Broadway is full of crazy people.

— John Tiffany

“Sometimes costs are made to be borne.”

— John Tiffany

I love mishmash and the chaos of art forms.

— John Tiffany

I want to understand the anger in the world.

— John Tiffany

No space should be safe from theatre.

— John Tiffany

“Pain Must & Will Come”

— John Tiffany

I'm a sucker for emotionally exploitative cello.

— John Tiffany

Theatre is a playground. It really is, and we should use that playground more.

— John Tiffany

There are some actors who see a show as something to do before going out.

— John Tiffany

“I am paint and memory, Harry, paint and memory.”

— John Tiffany

I suppose what I aspire to do is to make it easy for the audience to connect with a story.

— John Tiffany

'West Side Story' is one of the greatest theatrical experiences I've had.

— John Tiffany

I'm fascinated to see how 'Black Watch' connects with an American audience.

— John Tiffany

“Ministry seized an illegal Time-Turner from Theodore Nott and has kept it.”

— John Tiffany

I think associate director jobs are the best in the world, because you can do what you want and not have to…

— John Tiffany

“DUMBLEDORE: You ask me, of all people, how to protect a boy in terrible danger? We cannot protect the young from harm.…

— John Tiffany

“Those that we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch. Paint . . . and memory . . . and love.”

— John Tiffany

Pinocchio's really naughty. He's all impulse: 'I want to sleep now. I want to eat that. I want to run off to…

— John Tiffany

Some actors just have a quality, a way of combining music and character and story, where everything just falls into place.

— John Tiffany

I worked on new plays at the Traverse and did my best work in Scotland for years, so I never had ambitions…

— John Tiffany

One of the things I realised as I learned to manage a rehearsal room is that the best idea always has to…

— John Tiffany

The more everything gets digitalised, the more precious the live experience of going to the theatre is.

— John Tiffany

“Are you afraid of what you’ll hear? Afraid I’ll speak the name you fear? Not Slytherin! Not Gryffindor! Not Hufflepuff! Not Ravenclaw!…

— John Tiffany

“A Patronus is a magical charm, a projection of all your most positive feelings, and takes the shape of the animal with…

— John Tiffany

When I sold my flat in Glasgow, I bought a little cottage on the North Yorkshire coast. Whenever we go up from…

— John Tiffany

I realise that there's something about fantasy, whether it's written by the Grimm Brothers or J. K. Rowling or Thorne or J.…

— John Tiffany

How do we compete with the 3D superscreens at the cineplex? We just make it better - because theatre is better because…

— John Tiffany

Usually, in theatre, you're adapting existing material or creating an entirely new play. With the 'Cursed Child,' we have been given the…

— John Tiffany

“Perfection is beyond the reach of humankind, beyond the reach of magic. In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of…

— John Tiffany

I thought a director was like a pillow who sat under the writer, supporting them and submitting to their vision. It took…

— John Tiffany

“Pan, The House of Bernarda Alba, Transform Caithness: Hunter, Be Near Me, Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us, The Bacchae (also Lincoln Center),…

— John Tiffany

“I’d give anything to be going back. HARRY: Strange, Al being worried he’ll be sorted into Slytherin. HERMIONE: That’s nothing, Rose is…

— John Tiffany

“you are making a mistake. HARRY: Albus didn’t like me before. He might not like me again. But he will be safe.…

— John Tiffany

“JAMES: Apart from the Thestrals. Watch out for the Thestrals. ALBUS: I thought they were invisible! HARRY: Listen to your professors, don’t…

— John Tiffany

Where film can eat up story, theatre needs space and breath.

— John Tiffany

I suppose the key for me is about opening up experiences and untold stories to audiences.

— John Tiffany

You can only really get to any truth by telling peoples' stories.

— John Tiffany

I'll always have a relationship with Scotland.

— John Tiffany

I did a couple of short films when I was in Scotland.

— John Tiffany

I've been in Glasgow since I was 18, on and off.

— John Tiffany