I'm not going to spend two years on a film or four years on an opera if I don't feel like I can put my own self into it. That doesn't mean it has to be about myself.

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I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's...

I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's...

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

What I don't have in theater is editing.

What I don't have in theater is editing.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

And I just think that to introduce an unknown Shakespeare is thrilling, too - not...

And I just think that to introduce an unknown Shakespeare is thrilling, too - not...

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...