Most people won't order tripe in a restaurant, but it can be fantastic. Simon McBurney fantasticorderpeople Change image and share on social
'Mnemonic' is a play about memory. Simon McBurney memorymnemonicplay Change image and share on social
We feel closer to the drawings on the walls of Chauvet than the painting of, say, an Egyptian mural. These artists are not remote ancestors; they are brothers. They saw like us; they drew like us. We wear essentially the same clothes against the cold. Simon McBurney ancestorartistbrother share on social
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 findflutefrothiness Change image and share on social
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 bearbringculture Change image and share on social
When I was an adolescent in England, at school we had to read 'Death of a Salesman.' I remember feeling incredibly moved by the portrayal of these people and the idea with which Miller broached the whole subject of failure or failed systems, or the way that people are crushed by a system in which they find themselves. Simon McBurney adolescentbroachcrush share on social
I find all food irresistible. I have friends who live in the mountains in France. One of them sells vegetables, and to walk through her garden when everything is bursting out - it's impossible not to eat something. Simon McBurney bursteatfind share on social
Theatre is about the collective imagination... Everything I use on-stage is driven by the subject matter and what you might call the text - but that text can be anything, from a fragment of movement or music to something you see on a TV. Simon McBurney callcollectivedrive share on social
Mozart makes us care about people in flashes of lightning. Simon McBurney careflashlightning Change image and share on social
I spent the majority of time at school trying to break the rules. I would climb to the top of buildings; I even burned a building down once - not intentionally, just because I was interested in fire. I remember going through the rule book, ticking off the ones I had broken and looking for the ones I hadn't. Simon McBurney bookbreakbuild share on social