Actors like to know who they are playing, what they are thinking, feeling, meaning, intending at any one time. — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by what lies beneath the surface. If you manage to put desire on stage, it can be very exciting. It's… — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
If I feel I've missed out something, it's properly running a theatre. That would be thrilling. — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
Waiting for Godot' is not an easy play to discover. It is a play that makes us face our own fragile existence. And what… — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
In your 20s, 30s, early 40s, you work with such a lot of different people, and then suddenly you just can't retain all those… — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
I love putting a show together, because it's like the chase - I think my masculine side enjoys it most, the aggression of putting… — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
I think it's the duty of the artist to run away from home. I mean I think you have to go far afield to… — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
One still gets a sense from some people that I got this or that gig only because I'm Ian McKellen's ex, which isn't the… — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
Actors like to know who they are playing, what they are thinking, feeling, meaning, intending at any one time. — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
I was originally an actor, and then I started to write. One of the most frustrating things about acting was that it was intermittent… — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by what lies beneath the surface. If you manage to put desire on stage, it can be very exciting. It's about getting… — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
Directing 'Two Plays in Rep' has brought me the greatest professional satisfaction I have ever known. — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
The strange thing about directing, for me, was that opportunities arose; I'd had some nice roles as an actor, but it just never happened… — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
Working in New York, even when the reception has been less than sunny, has always brought me great fulfillment. — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
