THE CRITICS: Overheard
I will do anything to be involved with music - anything. There's just one drawback. I can't do music at all, so its a fundamentally tragic relationship.
Simon Callow, actor and writer, about to stage Puccini's Il Trittico, Times
That was a joke. I did it in half an hour.
Nick Cave, singer, on writing music for the soundtrack of Batman Forever, Guardian
I'm lucky. I have a very strong and convenient bladder.
Tilda Swinton, performance artist, on lying in a display case for eight hours at a time, Observer
It doesn't take much to keep an actor happy. You say, "Oh, I saw you in that thing and you were wonderful. Would you like a cup of tea?"
Peter Capaldi, Oscar-winning director and ex-actor, Time Out
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