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" Increasingly, I find myself drawn to classic forms - to Euripides, Shakespeare and grand opera. "

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" The first thing you must know as an actor or director is the space you will inhabit. See the architecture; imagine where things can happen in space. "

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" Christopher Knowles, Buechner, Heiner Mueller, Burroughs, Chekhov, Shakespeare - it's all one body of work. "

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