“Any play that's making a point is less interesting than something that...” — Simon McBurney Quote

“Any play that's making a point is less interesting than something that stays with you and suggests something further.”

“For years, I wasn't in the least bit interested in opera.”

“The very beautiful and very touching thing about opera singers is they are very willing to do whatever you want. Unlike actors, who constantly want to know why they're doing something, opera singers will sort of follow you into the fires of hell.”

“If you can have heart as well as the comedy, it takes you a lot further. I think that that's what we were trying to do with 'Gigi.'”

“I have never begun a novel which wasn't going to stretch me further than I had ever stretched before.”

“I would say that what we called the Pixar sensibility goes back even further. It is kind of a CalArts sensibility because so many of the people who are creative instrumental people at Pixar came from that school.”