Martin McDonagh
Martin McDonagh
Martin McDonaghis a playwright, screenwriter and film director, born and brought up in London with both British and Irish citizenship. He has been described as one of the most important living Irish playwrights...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth26 March 1970
front
I can't stand up in front of people. It just fills me with horror.
fell felt
I fell into the theatre because I felt I was doing it well, and I stuck to it for the same reason.
forget never-change periods
It's the periods and the commas that you have to forget about. The words never change, but the intonations change.
growing-up realizing grows
I realize that I am never going to grow up.
dynamics stuff never-quit
When you've got good actors, they're going to come up with good stuff, but you're never quite sure how the dynamics are going to work between them.
behinds
It isn't about being or not being dead, it's about what you leave behind
theatre cinema empty
I seldom feel comfortable in a theatre. I always feel like I own a cinema. I feel equally happy in an empty one as a full one. Probably happier in an empty one!
attitude writing trying
Though it may not seem like it, I never try to write about a place, per se; it's always, first and last, about story. Story is everything. Story and a bit of attitude.
agents want given
I pick and choose what I want to do at any given time, and what not to do, importantly. My agents, I won't hear about any offers or options.