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" Of course I had friends, but it was very limiting because there was always a chance that at every corner, someone would be laughing at me or waiting to beat me up. I had a very lonely childhood because of that. "

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" Technology can become a crutch. Sometimes it's there just to hide behind when you're shy of what you're trying to say. "

Robert Lepage

Trying

Technology

Shy

" When we did 'The Dragons' Trilogy,' China was a big, mysterious piece of rock that we never thought would even move. It was impenetrable, impossible to deal with. "

" When I went into the conservatory at 17, then I was able to open up and accept everything about myself and show my feminine side as well as my masculine. "

" Artists always try to make something that is going to be relevant and up-to-the-minute. "

" I remember my first review in London said I was the next Peter Brook. I said: 'No way. I'm not Peter Brook. I don't have the maturity, the experience, the intelligence. Don't burden me.' "

Robert Lepage

Experience

Maturity

" During the tour of 'Circulations,' we spent a lot of time in Canadian Chinatowns. I was fascinated by the idea that you can cross the road and enter this dream world, this vision of China. "

" Sylvie Guillem is the best dancer in the world. "

" A lot of people hated every moment of my 'Ring.' And a lot of people who had never been to an opera bought subscriptions to the next season. "

" 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. "

" When I directed the 'Ring' cycle at the Metropolitan Opera in New York recently, there were people texting all through the show. But theatre isn't a communication device: it's a communion. "

" I think theatre must be an event, an experience, not compete with cinema. When people are able to download stories on Netflix, you need to give them a good reason to jump into the car and drive two hours. It has to be something you can only see in the theatre, and it has to be worth it. "

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

" Vegas is the city of temptation. I think, perhaps, it is an experiment by NASA. If we're going to send people to Mars, how will we create false economies and cultures to satisfy them? Vegas has the answer. People go there when they've nothing left to lose. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" In everything I've done, I've always tried to make room for indigenous people, to include them. "

" I'm not good at entertainment. I don't give myself to all the interviews, game shows, or talk shows. "

" A show is good when there is a meeting of time and space, when time and space become irrelevant. "

" 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 will always demand the right for theatre to talk about anything and anyone. Without exception. None. "

" Writing is very much perceived as something distinct from performance. I don't see it like that. "

Robert Lepage

Much

Writing

" You're only as good as your last movie, period. It's a business. "

" Theater originated with technology. People forget that. "

" 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 don't think there is any kind of magic about what I do. All of the connections are there, somewhere in the subconscious or in the collective unconscious. If I let the elements speak to each other, then these coincidences will happen. And they do happen. They happen all the time. "

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

" Cirque du Soleil distinguished itself by being a circus with no animals. Before then, circus was partly about showing how man can tame other species. "

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

" Every time we make a new invention, we think we're going to save the world, but eventually, we understand that the real virtues of that new invention have mostly to do with commerce. Then we feel a huge emptiness, and we want to fill it with beauty. "