John Tiffany Quotes

I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing.

I want this play and others like it to play in all parts of the country.

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

Acting and singing are actually very similar because they're both telling a story.

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

But I think theatre in a repressive society is an immensely exciting event and theatre in a luxurious old, affluent old society like ours is an entertaining event.

Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level.

My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.

With acting, I started very young, and I'd performed for a lot of children in boarding schools, late at night after the dormitory lights were out. I'd have a flashlight, and I'd be Count Dracula, or Shakespeare, or Yogi Bear, and leap from bunk to bunk. I loved the laughter; I liked the way it made people feel.

I just love entertaining. I will do anything - stand-up comedy, video games, fencing, internet shorts - I just want to keep being lucky enough to entertain people anyway I can. I try never to limit my art to a medium.

I do my best creating on stage.

I enjoy all kinds of performances and take each role differently. I keep the audiences in mind.

London theatre is different: it is a commercial theatre that brings the whole of society into one place. And Shakespeare grasped, better than anyone else, what it means to engage the entire audience.

I never publicise in advance what I'm going to be singing because I never quite know until I start. I often change my mind halfway through. I sometimes throw in stuff about politics or Shakespeare or do songs in Yiddish.

There is so much freedom I enjoy in theatre. In films, the roles are limited.

What I've always done as an entertainer is try to come up with things that people will find interesting, or compelling, or humorous.

Film is where I want to end up, but I don't want to let go of theatre.

I'm kind of big on performance in general. I like the sort of entertainment where you can go in and be fully immersed in it.

I would love to do more on the stage; having actual contact with the audience is great. You can give them a good seeing to!

An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret.

They didn't have a problem with me being wild and crazy when it came time to fill the arenas.

I love playing other people's work. I love acting.

On the last day of our five-day work week, we did two performances and we had an audience. It was similar to theatre; we went from beginning to end, and it was very pleasing.

I love the instant gratification of theatre - it reminds me of why I enjoy filming in the first place.