Most people won't order tripe in a restaurant, but it can be fantastic. Simon McBurney fantasticorderpeople Change image and share on social
Shostakovich's final pieces, his quartets, are scratching the surface of another world. Simon McBurney finalpiecequartet Change image and share on social
I allow people to create, but I'm also marshalling everybody, which is difficult for my creativity, as I'm like a referee. Everybody else is kicking a ball. It is very messy. From the mess, though, you refine what is there. Simon McBurney ballcreatecreativity share on social
As a child, acting just seemed like a natural extension of my love of play - and if you've forgotten how to play, you shouldn't be an actor. Simon McBurney actactorchild Change image and share on social
In Japan, sometimes it's hard to know what you are looking at. Simon McBurney hardjapan Change image and share on social
I don't really think about a visual aspect to the work at all; I just think about making the piece. And everything that occurs visually comes out of the subject matter you are dealing with so that I find it difficult to treat the visual element as a separate entity. Simon McBurney aspectdealdifficult share on social
When I was doing 'A Disappearing Number' in Plymouth, we had to go on an hour and a half late, and I still hadn't written an end, so we had to make one up, and then we had to go out literally with our pants round our ankles. Simon McBurney ankledisappearend share on social
Ultimately, theatre takes place in the minds of the audience: they all imagine the same thing at the same time. Simon McBurney audienceimaginemind Change image and share on social
'The Master and Margarita' is deeply to do with the unconscious. It is a story about a man who writes a story in a time when he's not supposed to write that story: the story of Pontius Pilate. Simon McBurney deeplymanmargarita Change image and share on social
