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" In real life, I am not a lonely person; I have lots of good friends and am active socially. But there are certain aspects of my life when I have felt very alone, utterly alone, and one of them is when I am performing on my own. "

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Robert Lepage

Theme

Three

" The same critics who destroyed 'Seven Streams' when we opened in Edinburgh - and yes, it was horrible - called it one of the most important shows of the 21st century six years later in London. "

" There's not a system better than another. There are some people better than others. I'm not anti-democracy, but there's no real system yet that has proven itself to be the right one. "

" Theatre's still expensive compared to downloading on Netflix; that has to be addressed. It doesn't mean it has to be over-subsidised by the state, but it's something we're trying to figure out. "

" People think that it is negative, but in fact, chaos can be very fertile. "

" The first 'Ring' in Bayreuth was about the poetical world, the mythological world. "

" We have a tendency in Quebec - and I include myself in this - to describe ourselves using the past. We're always nostalgic. "

" The first time someone stood up in front of the fire and told the story while illustrating it with shadows on the walls of the quarry, that was the birth of theater. "

" Usually, on Broadway or in Hollywood, you come up with a project, and you have to convince the producers that it's safe. "

" Why do we remember stuff from when we were 5 years old but not important facts that are more recent? "

" Everybody loves Vegas, and everybody puts it down, especially intellectuals and artists. We have to rub our feet on it, but we're all secretly thrilled to be there. "

" There is a way to grow old and still have dignity. "

" For me, theater will always be very, very much alive, but not necessarily in the theatrical tradition. "

" I've always had a passion for geography. Even at a very young age. "

" I'm a follower of people not necessarily connected with the theater. "

" When we were working on 'River Ota' in the '90s, I learnt to read Japanese, which was how I discovered that it incorporates elements of Chinese calligraphy. "

" I wouldn't be happy to be a specialist. There are some very interesting artists in history who refused to be nailed down into a category, like Da Vinci or Jean Cocteau. You could say Cocteau was a great poet but also a film-maker, interested in theatre, sculpture, and could never identify with any of these forms exclusively. "

" I never thought of my father when I was growing up. Truly. He was a strong, silent man who worked hard to support his family. "

" I never questioned if I was effeminate or not. That didn't matter in the theatre. "

" In Las Vegas, you confront yourself with your darkest desires, because they're all possible there. "

" There's nothing sadder than when things happen the way you've planned them, because we don't have a lot of imagination, you know. "

" Nothing is worse than having your dreams come true. "

" I like doing very small, intimate things in the morning and then, in the afternoon, to be working on something in a big stadium. "

Robert Lepage

Doing

Small

" I am interested in suffering and, in particular, the Buddhist idea that in pain, you can find beauty. "

" I'm not good at doing show business; I'm a theatre person. I don't reveal anything about my life. "

" It's obvious that any new show comes with its share of blunders, misfires, and bad choices. "

" The thing that's interesting about Trump is that when you read 'Coriolanus,' you'd be tempted to draw parallels. But I don't do that. "

" I don't disagree with the critics often, and I'm not destroyed by bad criticism anymore. There comes a point when you go beyond it. "

" The real writing of a piece comes only when you are performing it. It is why I like theatre. In film and TV, the image is locked forever, but in theatre, there is constant change; each performance is part of the writing process. "

" I find it very strange when people say that they are trying to solve 'Uncle Vanya' or find a solution for 'Henry V.' Plays aren't puzzles. They are about playing. But so much theatre has become about performing and acting rather than playing, which is a great pity because audiences are captivated by watching people play. "