Simon McBurney Quotes

In France, they call the people who come to the theatre 'les spectateurs'; in Britain and Ireland, they are the audience, the people who listen. This does not mean the French are not interested in language. On the contrary. It actually says more about the undeveloped visual sense over here.

Simon McBurney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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You can listen to carpenters talk for hours in Ireland. The people have a relationship to words that I don't think you will run into anyplace in the world.

Steve Earle

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The thing that is cool about my come up is that I dealt with fame and having money gradually. It didn't happen overnight. It was something that took a while to happen. It was something that humbled me and made me very appreciative of my blessings more than I would have been if it had happened faster and easier.

Trey Songz

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A reversal is just anything that's a surprise. It's a way of keeping the audience interested.

Tony Gilroy

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I don't think I've ever made any good financial decisions.

Roger Moore

GoodThinkFinancialDecisionsMade

Not everyone loves me, but I have to be okay no matter what they think about me.

Joyce Meyer

MeThinkMatterOkayEveryoneAbout

I wasn't that good at science, and I gave up on math long before I should have. I like to think if I were in school today that would be different.

Judy Blume

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I'm such a foodie. If I see a pork chop, I'm eating it.

Josh Henderson

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It is not so for art in appreciation because art is concerned with human behavior. And science is concerned with the behavior of metal or energy. It depends on what the fashion is. Now today it's energy. It's the same soul behind it. The same soul, you see.

Josef Albers

TodayScienceArtSoulAppreciation

Being solo really lends itself to different interpretations - and everything is in the moment and on a whim. I never realised how far out you can go when you are by yourself.

Chris Cornell

MomentYourselfYouGoNeverOut

I would make my mom buy me the toy doctor kit.

Debi Thomas

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The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, that treatment should be stopped.

Christiaan Barnard

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I don't aspire to just play things that are like me. Whether the accent is Taiwanese or British or Canadian - that is the very craft in which I was trained. It is my absolute privilege and honor to do that.

Constance Wu

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