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

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" Opera is a very stimulating place to work, and I believe it offers the most intense theatrical experience possible. "

" I studied as an actor at the theatre conservatoire in Quebec, but by the time I got to my third year, I was more interested in directing. There's more to it than helping actors get round a stage: it's a wonderful way of telling stories. "

" I want to be surprised by life... I think that's more interesting. "

" The great advantage of the circus, and the reason it is so popular, is really the ideal combination of art and sport. It's the ideal art form, in a certain way, if you want to be accessible. "

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

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

" When we work on a new theatre piece, we improvise a lot. But it's the opposite in opera, where everything is fixed. "

" 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. "

" I was interested in theatre, and the only experience that I had in high school was as an actor. But when I got in Conservatoire, my teachers would give me a lot of flack because I wasn't rehearsing my lines; I'd be doing stage management. I was interested in sound. I was interested in architecture. I was interested in every aspect of theatre. "

" The safety prospects in 'Ka' are the highest in the world. "

" We should never overestimate an audience's culture, but we should never underestimate their intelligence. "

" 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. "

" Opera needs a major makeover; the large opera houses are too in thrall to their conservative patrons. "

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

" 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. "

" Opera should be a place for art forms to meet. I've worked a lot with Peter Gabriel; his music isn't operatic, but he creates big, popular gatherings to which architecture, dance, and music are all invited. "

" 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. "

" I always thought I was more of a mommy's boy, because she was charming, talkative, a great storyteller. But as I dug back into my past, I realized I am exactly like my father on so many levels, although I never thought I inherited anything from him. "

" I'm trying to tell history with a capital H through histories with a small h. It moves people, because you know in your own personal relationships, your own story, there's an echo to a much larger reality. "

" I can't really define myself as a dramatist or as an actor or as someone who is interested in music. "

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

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

" The important thing is not to know where you are going, to be open to accidents. That's what keeps it fun. "

" 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. "

" If you decide to work with the opera world, chances are there are going to be people who resist that. "

" Without meaning to sound crass, I've never had any psychological... help. It's because I feel my work is so revealing about who I am and what I am trying to understand about myself. It's a therapeutic process. "

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

" I never went through a gender identity problem, but I did with my sexuality. "

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

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