And I just think that to introduce an unknown Shakespeare is thrilling, too - not to do Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet, to do the richer Shakespeare. People will come to this and not know the story.

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What I don't have in theater is editing.

What I don't have in theater is editing.

One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that...

One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that...

I have never had a problem with people not being able to understand the words...

I have never had a problem with people not being able to understand the words...

I am, to be quite honest, sick of hero stories.

I am, to be quite honest, sick of hero stories.

It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous.

It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous.

Americans in particular are myopic. They're not traveling as much. When you were a college...

Americans in particular are myopic. They're not traveling as much. When you were a college...

I'm not going to spend two years on a film or four years on an...

I'm not going to spend two years on a film or four years on an...

We have often been attracted to the story of the other, the outcast. And he...

We have often been attracted to the story of the other, the outcast. And he...

But I don't think there has ever been anything written on the nature of violent...

But I don't think there has ever been anything written on the nature of violent...

Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry.

Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry.

I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use...

I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use...

I have directed good actors and have gone through the process which is more detailed...

I have directed good actors and have gone through the process which is more detailed...

You program music with an image and then people are desensitized.

You program music with an image and then people are desensitized.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

You know, I went to Oberlin. At that time, grades were - you elected to...

You know, I went to Oberlin. At that time, grades were - you elected to...

When I was thinking about The Lion King, I said, we have to do what...

When I was thinking about The Lion King, I said, we have to do what...

We took Beowulf, the epic poem in Old English, and put it right together with...

We took Beowulf, the epic poem in Old English, and put it right together with...

There is incredible power in the arts to inspire and influence.

There is incredible power in the arts to inspire and influence.

I received from my experience in Japan an incredible sense of respect for the art...

I received from my experience in Japan an incredible sense of respect for the art...