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" Most of what we say about ourselves is a wonderful piece of storytelling. "

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" In the theatre, we're all charlatans and liars and scavengers and fly-by-nights. "

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" The only reality of the theater exists in the mind of the audience. "

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" When the brain gets lost, it doesn't stop working. It tries to makes sense of things. It begins to speculate and guess, and that's when things open up. That's exciting. "

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" For some years, I've been very interested in the relationship between science and art. "

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" Infinity is a way to describe the incomprehensible to the human mind. In a way, it notates a mystery. That kind of mystery exists in relationships. A lifetime is not enough to know someone else. It provides a brief glimpse. "

" 'The Magic Flute,' I think, is fundamentally asking what is it to change people's consciousness. "

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" In the theatre, because you're all looking at the same thing in the same space, consciousness is no longer individual. There is a unified consciousness. Until you look and project what is happening, it doesn't exist; the audience are the ones making the theatre, not the players. "

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