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" Replace judgment with curiosity. "

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" If you lead with the anger, it will turn off the audience. And what I want is the audience to engage with the material and to listen and then to ask questions. I think that 'Ruined' was very successful at doing that. "

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" The more you go to a theatre and the more you hear stories you aren't necessarily familiar with, the more open you become. "

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