Simon McBurney Quotes

Everyone sees something different in 'Endgame': a biblical apocalypse, a portrait of painful co-dependency, a confession of guilt and dignity in the face of death, a night of baffling hopelessness, a meaningless babble. Each interpretation reveals an absurd truth - not about the play, but about the person watching it.

Simon McBurney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 25, 1957

Topics

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The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.

Jim Morrison

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Depending on who it is, but I can't stand men who brag about themselves, and all they do all day is talk about themselves.

Joanna Krupa

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The Affordable Care Act's requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax.

John Roberts

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My concept of a 'Doctor Who' girl was that you screamed a lot and ran around quarries in unsuitable footwear. Of course you fell over and twisted your ankle, because you had high heels on.

Sophie Aldred

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I'm not overly greedy.

Slash

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We have to realize that when we talk in front of other people about things only we can understand, those people will not be able to avoid getting wrong impressions.

Rudolf Steiner

PeopleWrongUnderstandWillTalk

If you're in my shoes, and your goal is to leave people with the biggest possible smile on their face, then doing the meet-and-greet afterwards makes sense.

Mick Foley

ThinkLearnYouAlwaysWhoLessons

It was a mistake of mine to train like that, with friends, at home. It was a handicap I should not have given myself. In Croatia, we do not have big camps like in other countries, but I was not willing to go away to train.

Mirko Cro Cop

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I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me.

Joseph Epstein

I AmMeOutBeenComplaintAm

One thing that probably is unique at Activision is that we really spend a lot of time up front with our audiences, and in big quantities and with a very thoughtful process, to really try and draw out from them what it is that they would like to play. So we have a pretty good sense going in what the expectation of the audience is.

Bobby Kotick

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I don't want a tombstone. You could carve on it 'She never actually wanted a tombstone.'

Ali Smith

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In a lot of ways, I had a wonderful childhood.

Alissa Quart

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