We took Beowulf, the epic poem in Old English, and put it right together with John Gardner's contemporary retelling. If you bring it into today, we really feel that it has something very fresh to say now.

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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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

What I don't have in theater is editing.

What I don't have in theater is editing.

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...

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...

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.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

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...