John Tiffany Quotes

I think 'Macbeth' was a play that I've always gotten so much out of. My wife played Lady Macbeth in a play, and I designed it. There are things in there that are just kind of extraordinary.

'Macbeth' is an amazing story.

'Macbeth,' I am ambivalent about. I don't like that play, in fact.

I wish I'd played Coriolanus.

I'd really like to play Lady Macbeth.

I guess some characters always remain the same, and Macbeth is one of them.

Macbeth was the first play I ever read.

Tales of power and ambition and intrigue and betrayal and desire - when you're telling those in a big way, you automatically want to go to Shakespeare.

'Hamlet' is a play of many strange parts, with ghosts and players, politicians and clowns.

'Macbeth' is one of those books that demand all of your attention.

Usually, you see this play as a guy who can't make up his mind, but our version is more of a revenge thriller than a man who is pontificating what he should do next. I've never seen a 'Hamlet' this big, this exciting, with this many cast members; it's quite a spectacle.

Shakespeare's 'Othello' was inspired by Cinthio's 'A Moorish Captain'; his 'Hamlet' came from Saxo Grammaticus's 'Amleth.'

I want to play Eva Peron. I've already done a lot of Shakespeare, but I'd like to do Lady Macbeth.

Shakespeare wrote about love. I write about love. Shakespeare wrote about gang warfare, family feuds and revenge. I write about all the same things.

When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part.

I've always wanted to give 'Hamlet' a shot. It's the big one, you know. I haven't done Shakespeare professionally, so I think it would be terrifying.

Shakespeare is in many ways an African writer and 'Hamlet' would be seen as a very accurate historical saga about an African kingdom.

All the great Shakespeare plays are about killing. 'Alas, poor Yorick,' that's about death. And in 'Romeo and Juliet' everyone up ends up dying. The greatest dramas in the world are all about sex, violence and death.

Hamlet' is a real ensemble piece: you have to realise that he's just one part of the story.

I'd love to play Hamlet.

I saw 'Othello' with Christopher Plummer and James Earl Jones.

I can relate to anything. I once played Macbeth. I got a lot of laughs, so I quit.

I want to keep doing interesting work with interesting people in whatever form that may take, but I want to play the big parts of classical theatre; I want to go on stage and play great Shakespearean roles and, at the same time, do amazing, challenging indie films and comedy, and I want to do it all. I am greedy.

'Hamlet' is the most famous play in the world for a reason. The journey you go on is incredible.

I would love to play Richard III.