I like working. But now I have a deal with my wife that I take a half-day off each week. Jack Thorne More Quotes by Jack Thorne More Quotes From Jack Thorne The stressful time is the blank page at the beginning. When you're starting to see things being made flesh, and you're able to respond to that flesh, that's really exciting. Jack Thorne beginning see you time I wrote my first play because I wanted to try directing something, and I couldn't afford the rights - it was an adaptation of a book called 'The Wave' by Morton Rhue. Jack Thorne try wave play book I'm not very articulate. I don't have that skill. Jack Thorne articulate skill very I find small talk exhausting, and I don't like myself when I'm around people. Jack Thorne find small myself people I am trying to write a play that is big and I feel represents me - that's my big ambition. Jack Thorne i-am feel me ambition I can't do anything other than writing. I'm not very able, generally. If I'd not been a writer, I would probably be a very unsuccessful political adviser to someone or have worked for a council. Jack Thorne anything someone political writing I think London is a bit sad, and I find it a bit overwhelming. There's a lot of quite unhappy people, and it's very goal-driven. Jack Thorne think sad unhappy people I don't really write with actors in mind; I write with characters and then hope desperately that we can get good actors to play those parts. Jack Thorne good hope mind play My wife would probably tell you I'm quite a dark person all the time! Jack Thorne you wife dark time When I was in my early twenties, I spent six months bedbound with a condition called Cholinergic Urticaria that basically means I'm allergic to heat, including my own body. It was bad. Jack Thorne own bad my-own body When you write a script, you hope that people will give it life beyond the script. Jack Thorne you hope life people I've just had a little boy, and my wife and I called him Elliott because 'E.T.' sort of saved my life because that film is absolutely about something being out there that's greater than yourself. Jack Thorne my-life yourself wife life I tended to be the nerdy kid - stood at the back, watching other people having fun - I wasn't always necessarily a big part of the fun myself. Jack Thorne myself having-fun fun people The thing about having a very young audience in the theatre is that sometimes they laugh at the bullying scenes. It's really interesting, what that means. It still confuses me slightly, you know; someone's getting quite brutally bullied on stage and people are laughing. I think it's very hard being young. Jack Thorne me you bullying people At my school, when kids went into the army at 16, they didn't do it in a gung-ho, Tom Cruise, 'Born on the Fourth of July' way. They were generally - and I hope this doesn't offend them - the more vulnerable members of the class. They enlisted seeking family, and they didn't always find it. Jack Thorne family army hope school They're odd beasts, musicals, but what I like about them is the way they allow windows into people's lives. When people sing, you get an opportunity to see a vulnerability, a glimpse of a life in a messed-up head. Jack Thorne you opportunity life people I cook every night: it's part of the marriage pact. Jack Thorne cook every marriage night Hanging out with Pierce Brosnan on the set of 'A Long Way Down' was quite an extraordinary thing to do. The interesting thing is, he never behaves like a star. He's a really nice man. Jack Thorne down man long way Writing is one of those jobs that everyone has an opinion on. I don't think this is a bad thing. Jack Thorne bad think opinion writing I was taken to court for trying to travel on a child ticket to Glastonbury '97. I was, and still am, 6 ft. 5. Jack Thorne child court trying travel
