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title: "21 You Quotes By Simon McBurney"
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> [In Japan, sometimes it's hard to know what you are looking at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/in-japan-sometimes-it-s-hard-to-know-what-you-are-looking-at/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [If you're an actor, go out and act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/if-you-re-an-actor-go-out-and-act/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [The brain constantly assures us, reassures us, that we are in control. But the closer you look, the more questions you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/the-brain-constantly-assures-us-reassures-us-that-we-are-in-control/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [The way the mind decodes music is an individual mystery. But the physical circumstances can change the way you listen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/the-way-the-mind-decodes-music-is-an-individual-mystery-but-the/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [Any play that's making a point is less interesting than something that stays with you and suggests something further.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/any-play-that-s-making-a-point-is-less-interesting-than-something/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [I feel that if you can play on the streets or in a comedy club, then in a theatre it's a doddle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/i-feel-that-if-you-can-play-on-the-streets-or-in-a-comedy-club-then/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [For me, acting is like a holiday. When you're directing, you have a strong sense of responsibility for others. It's exciting but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/for-me-acting-is-like-a-holiday-when-you-re-directing-you-have-a/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [There's something hopeful about 'Endgame.' Beckett strips everything away and asks what remains. There's this surgical dissection of the soul, but at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/there-s-something-hopeful-about-endgame-beckett-strips-everything/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [I'm naturally attracted to something I don't understand because when you try to deal with something you don't understand, it opens a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/i-m-naturally-attracted-to-something-i-don-t-understand-because-when/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [I don't have what German directors call 'a concept' - a solid, fixed sense of the pattern that you should impose on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/i-don-t-have-what-german-directors-call-a-concept-a-solid-fixed-sense/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> ['Endgame' resists narrative and even thematic explanation. How you play it has to reflect this. If you decide something too much in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/endgame-resists-narrative-and-even-thematic-explanation-how-you-play/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [Theatre is about the collective imagination... Everything I use on-stage is driven by the subject matter and what you might call the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/theatre-is-about-the-collective-imagination-everything-i-use-on-stage/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [The very beautiful and very touching thing about opera singers is they are very willing to do whatever you want. Unlike actors,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/the-very-beautiful-and-very-touching-thing-about-opera-singers-is/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [I don't really think about a visual aspect to the work at all; I just think about making the piece. And everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/i-don-t-really-think-about-a-visual-aspect-to-the-work-at-all-i-just/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [So you might say, 'Why do you end up making theatre in a world in which there is already too much of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/so-you-might-say-why-do-you-end-up-making-theatre-in-a-world-in-which/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [In the theatre, because you're all looking at the same thing in the same space, consciousness is no longer individual. There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/in-the-theatre-because-you-re-all-looking-at-the-same-thing-in-the/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [I try to push a single idea to its absolute limit. So for all of those ideas that existed in the story,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/i-try-to-push-a-single-idea-to-its-absolute-limit-so-for-all-of-those/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [I allow people to create, but I'm also marshalling everybody, which is difficult for my creativity, as I'm like a referee. Everybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/i-allow-people-to-create-but-i-m-also-marshalling-everybody-which-is/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [With the theatre, for God's sake, everything makes sense. You create a clear sequential reality for a specific audience at one particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/with-the-theatre-for-god-s-sake-everything-makes-sense-you-create-a/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [Our lives are a sequence of things. When we're alive, they're continuing, just as my words now are an improvisation. So the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/our-lives-are-a-sequence-of-things-when-we-re-alive-they-re/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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> [As a child, acting just seemed like a natural extension of my love of play - and if you've forgotten how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/as-a-child-acting-just-seemed-like-a-natural-extension-of-my-love-of/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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## Other authors on You

## More by Simon McBurney

> [The brain constantly assures us, reassures us, that we are in control. But the closer you look, the more questions you have about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/the-brain-constantly-assures-us-reassures-us-that-we-are-in-control/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

> [Theatre artists are essentially sort of charlatans and thieves, I mean that's the tradition that we come from, so I have absolutely no, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/theatre-artists-are-essentially-sort-of-charlatans-and-thieves-i-mean/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

> [My work is not generally in the commercial sector. However, I'm not worried by the commercial sector. I refuse to work in any other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/my-work-is-not-generally-in-the-commercial-sector-however-i-m-not/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

> [In my opinion, there's nothing new in the theatre, ever. Theatre-makers are thieves, in the honourable tradition of charlatans. They fake it very, very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/in-my-opinion-there-s-nothing-new-in-the-theatre-ever-theatre-makers/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

> [Our lives are a sequence of things. When we're alive, they're continuing, just as my words now are an improvisation. So the idea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/our-lives-are-a-sequence-of-things-when-we-re-alive-they-re/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

> [We try to place the human body in relation to the image all the time, so it's never a kind of a backdrop, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/we-try-to-place-the-human-body-in-relation-to-the-image-all-the-time/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

> [I constantly want to know - what is a table, or what is a cat?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/i-constantly-want-to-know-what-is-a-table-or-what-is-a-cat/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

> [The only reality of the theater exists in the mind of the audience. That audience looks collectively at what is going on on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/the-only-reality-of-the-theater-exists-in-the-mind-of-the-audience/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

> [I suppose as an actor you become very sensitive to rhythm, not just rhythm as you look at it sort of from the, from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/i-suppose-as-an-actor-you-become-very-sensitive-to-rhythm-not-just/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

> [I remember the fact that milk was delivered every day by a milkman. In summer, my mother would make what now seem in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/i-remember-the-fact-that-milk-was-delivered-every-day-by-a-milkman-in/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

> ['Mnemonic' is a play about memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/mnemonic-is-a-play-about-memory/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

> [I have always felt more at home in a culture that has nothing to do with the one I was born and brought up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/i-have-always-felt-more-at-home-in-a-culture-that-has-nothing-to-do/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

> [Yes it was chaos, working through chaos, you never quite knew what you were going to do each day, but you knew that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/yes-it-was-chaos-working-through-chaos-you-never-quite-knew-what-you/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

> [One of the things he liked about playwriting as to any other kind of writing is that a playwright is a w-r-i-g-h-t, not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/one-of-the-things-he-liked-about-playwriting-as-to-any-other-kind-of/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

> [With the theatre, for God's sake, everything makes sense. You create a clear sequential reality for a specific audience at one particular time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/with-the-theatre-for-god-s-sake-everything-makes-sense-you-create-a/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

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