Acting is a reflex, a mechanism for development and survival. . . . It isn't 'second nature,' it is 'first nature.' — Declan Donnellan Copy Share Image
For we direct, perform and witness performances every night – theatre cannot die before the last dream has been dreamt. — Declan Donnellan Copy Share Image
If every auditorium were razed to the ground, theatre would still survive, because the hunger in each of us to act and be acted… — Declan Donnellan Copy Share Image
Acting is a reflex, a mechanism for development and survival. . . . It isn't 'second nature,' it is 'first nature.' — Declan Donnellan Copy Share Image
But we never tell the truth. We cannot properly 'tell' the truth, because our words are crude tools to express something, 'the truth', which… — Declan Donnellan Copy Share Image
Our shock that reality is other than expected is weirdly tenacious — Declan Donnellan Copy Share Image
