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" I'm the most democratic fascist you'll ever meet. I listen to everybody, and then I make a decision. "

George C. Wolfe

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" When I was little, I remember rehearsing starving so that when I got to New York I would know how to do it. "

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" My first play, 'The Colored Museum,' was done in '86 at the Public Theater. "

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" I'm convinced whenever something opens on Broadway, it's a miracle. It's a miracle that people survived. "

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" The Public Theater requires one to be very public, and writing requires one to be very private. "

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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 love and I'm intrigued by what history does to people and to subjects that matter. "

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" If you love theatre, do theatre wherever you can, because theatre is theatre, and you can experience it anywhere. "

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" The wonderful thing about theater is that it has so many people involved in the creation of it. The worst thing about theater is that it has so many people involved in the creation of it. That dynamic is thrilling and challenging every time you make a show. "

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

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" There is a real affection for these human beings on these stage that O'Neill really had. Out of that affection comes a lot of humor, which is unexpected when you think of 'The Iceman Cometh.' "

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" To me, 'Show Boat' was the first American musical, the first to have the real texture of this country. "

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" Theater, at the end of the day, is about ideas. It's about very large ideas. And if the play is beautifully written or smartly written and has incredible characters you follow on the journey, you take home these larger ideas. Whether it's 'Angels in America' or 'Lucky Guy' or 'Normal Heart,' you follow this moment-to-moment journey as an audience. "

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" 'You Gotta Have Heart' is one of the most ridiculously perfect, amazing musical comedy songs ever. "

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" In the early '90s or so, I drove my father to Providence, Ky., his hometown, and he was pointing out, 'That's where the doctor's office was,' and 'That's where we bought ice cream.' And he was pointing to empty lots. When you lose communities, what do you have? We often survive by remembering the stories. "

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" I love Kabuki, Noh theater and bunraku. "

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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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" Confidence comes in going on personal journeys in a public arena and feeling as though you have a right to do that. You have to give yourself permission to discover what you need to discover and not worry about how pretty the journey is. If you're aware of the pretty, you're not going to dig into the mess. "

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" Certain things come to me; I just become intrigued by them and want to live inside them. "

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" The black experience, which has nothing to do with my play 'Angels in America,' allowed me to understand the Mormon character. He was the character that couldn't come out to his mother. It allowed me to understand emotional and closeted behavior, because you're so acutely aware of how you're perceived. "

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" I love working with actors who will just go, 'Oh O.K., let's try it and see where it goes,' and 'Let's see what we can discover.' "

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" I love working with a set designer because, in many respects, you meet the set designer before you meet the actors. So it's a chance for me as a director to figure out what I'm thinking and to explore how the space is going to actually be activated. "

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" Musicals spring forth from minstrelsy, vaudeville, melodramas; it was all these things combined to create the form. "

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" Surviving failure is one thing. Surviving success is... is challenging, with the consequences and what you lose along the way. "

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" I think I am the first person of color to direct a major white play on Broadway. In 1993? That's astounding to me. And horrifying to me. "

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" I think there's an aspect of my soul, of my personality, that's very suited to directing. I like being in the room with actors; I love creating a safe space and a chaotic space for the discovery to take place. I love creating a sense of community. "

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" I don't go, like, 'Hmm, I'm now going to create something for the black community.' I just feel this compelling urge. I just feel myself drawn to stories that I feel have a potency and immediacy. "

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" The world doesn't see a lot of gray. The world sees black and white, and then it understands. "

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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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