Matthew Bourne Quotes

• People strangely revere dance. They see it as another world, and dancers are somehow mysterious - just because they don't speak.

  Matthew Bourne

  People, Dancer, World

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• When it comes down to it, it's giving people a good night out in a basic way and I think my company guarantees that. There's always something new and something to excite us and surprise us, and that's why people come back, I hope.

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  Goodnight, Good Night, Thinking

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• It's one of the things that looks good written down, but the reality is that you think about the pieces you're doing and try to bear in mind everyone in the audience.

  Matthew Bourne

  Reality, Thinking, Mind

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• I saw the Nutcracker to be a dummy as I thought of its mouth moving like a nutcracker - and also find them pretty scary as they almost have a life of their own.

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  Moving, Scary, Mouths

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• I wish I was more adventurous.

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  Wish, Adventurous

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. July 24, 2009.

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• The reason I'm travelling so much is because of reasons that weren't completely planned. Several of the shows became successful and were invited to go to other places and they've all happened at similar times.

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  Successful, Journey, Reason

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• I once went through the dustbin outside David Bowie's house.

  Matthew Bourne

  House, Dustbin, Bowie

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. July 24, 2009.

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