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" Doing any kind of culture in America in which you are not trying to affirm a European aesthetic is war. "

George C. Wolfe

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" Commercial theater, in its agenda to appeal to everybody, is often at the expense of the unique vision of the artist. "

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" You adjust what you do depending on the actor. You evolve a vocabulary and a way of language and talking with each actor. "

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" One thing I tend to do is ask actors tons and tons of questions to try to get at what they're thinking but also to expose to them whatever box they've placed their characters in - to blow up that box so the journey can begin. "

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" It may take a while, but I think 'On the Town' has the potential for us to break down the boundaries between the traditional theatergoer who may have fond memories of the musical and those with a 'Broadway-is-not-for-me' agenda. "

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" I absolutely love working on musicals, but anytime I finish a project, I want to move on to something completely different. "

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" I feel like I'm edgy and I'm funny and I got this bite, this outrageousness. "

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" I feel like I've been very blessed in the sense that I've had the veracity of spirit to not be stopped and, at the same time, the protective energy and the generosity of those who have come before me, who saw something inside of me and, therefore, invited me into rooms that I would not have been inside of otherwise. "

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" When I was on dialysis, I willed myself to do 'On the Town.' It accesses my most childlike, joyful love of theater. "

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" When 'Jelly's' went out on tour, no one really wanted it. It was undersold. And I knew if I gave 'Noise' to someone else, they would sell it as 'Stomp' with little dancing black boys. "

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" When I came to New York, I told everyone I was a writer/director, and they said, 'No.' There was a rule. You could be one or the other. They ordained me writer. But then I won the Obie for directing 'Spunk,' and the rules changed. "

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" I'm perpetually interested by living in places as an artist confronting challenges I've never confronted before and approaching them with as much craft and humanity as I can. "

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" There's no place more theatrical than history. "

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" Anytime you create art, you create a mess. I mean, 'Hamlet' is a mess! "

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" Growing up in the South, I was raised to be a Negro boy. I was acutely aware how other people perceived me, and that informed my behavior. That worked for a period of time, but it could also be suffocating. "

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" Theater should address the stories of its communities, or I don't know why it's here. "

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" If you have the talent and passion and commitment, you shouldn't be locked out of the room. "

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" I want to create a theater that looks, feels, and smells like America. "

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" Certain events make people come out of their little boxes and become part of the whole. "

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" I was obsessed with New York early on. I was watching sitcoms that were set in or around New York, like 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.' I was always very fascinated with the people who were on 'What's My Line?' and I always had an incredible obsession with the city. "

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" You've got to make the rehearsal room very safe. You can't bully people, because if you bully people, they're going to freeze and lock up. "

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" 1985 - That was my time in New York, and I have such poetic, fond memories. "

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" Everybody wants to be remembered for the best of who they are. "

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" Every single wave, when I was overwhelmed and poor and struggling in New York, there were these extraordinary people in New York who said, 'Come this way.' "

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" Our lives are connected in ways we can't imagine. They're connected even before we know they're connected. "

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" I think we all have a primal desire to know as much as we can to find out about where we come from. "

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" The rules I sort of live by for my theater career, which I hope to live for my film career, is that if there's something that intrigues me or fascinates me, or I don't know how to do it, then I should do it. "

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" If I hadn't told stories, I would've been a historian. "

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" The hardest thing about a musical is making sure everybody is working on the same damn show. That is the monster. "

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" A music serves truth up to you in a really interesting way that allows you to luxuriate in its beauty and, at the same time, to hopefully see yourself in its fragility. "

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