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Peter Brook Quotes

British - Producer | March 21, 1925 -

I never had a paying job that was not in theatre.

Job Theatre Never Paying Had

I find, to my amazement, that I have reached the age of 90!

Age Find Reached Amazement

If, in English, we speak words, the French speak thoughts.

Words Thoughts Speak English French

Every choice I've ever made has been dictated by a formless hunch rather than by strict logic.

Logic Choice Been Made Rather Than

An icon painter starts not with Jesus Christ but by finding earth and rubbing. Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing?

Finding You Earth Now Jesus Christ

I've always worked a bit like a cook in a big restaurant, where you've got lots and lots of things laid out and you go and look into one cauldron and you look into the other and you see what's coming to the boil.

Restaurant You Look Go See Out

A British actor will savour every syllable of a Shakespearean line, while a French actor will drive to the end of a sentence or a speech with a propulsive rhythm: the thing you never say to a French actor is, 'Take your time.'

Time Drive End Speech You Say

Every form of theatre has something in common with a visit to the doctor. On the way out, one should always feel better than on the way in.

Theatre Doctor Better Feel Way Out

I was raised in public schools, but from the word go, I never believed what the public schools were teaching me. Nor did I like the fact that they were fighting for the historical tradition of England.

Me Fighting Tradition Go Never Like

I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.

Man Space Theatre Someone I Can Him

Japanese children have infinitely more developed bodies than those in the West. From the age of two, a child learns to sit in a perfectly balanced manner; between two and three, the child begins to bow regularly, which is a wonderful exercise for the body.

Age Children Child Exercise Body

I've always wanted to try things for myself before passing a judgment on them.

Myself Try Judgment Always Things

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