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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. "

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

" I was a privileged observer to be there when Celine Dion opened at Caesars Palace and then the second Gulf War started. It was an odd thing to see the impact both events had on Vegas. The place was riding high after Celine, but overnight, once war was declared, it was deserted. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" As a kid, my dad moved us to the upper town, which was in a higher class of people, and we would see the lower town below. Every day, we could see where we came from and where we were now. "

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

" 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. "

" Why do we remember stuff from when we were 5 years old but not important facts that are more recent? "

" 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. "

" Theatre comes alive when someone cross-dresses onstage. "

" 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. "

" People talk about fantastic memories of childhood, but I remember children being cruel to me and wanting to come out of childhood as soon as possible because I knew adults were generally more contained in their cruelty. "

" 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. "

" In real life, I am not a lonely person; I have lots of good friends and am active socially. But there are certain aspects of my life when I have felt very alone, utterly alone, and one of them is when I am performing on my own. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I wouldn't be happy to be a specialist. There are some very interesting artists in history who refused to be nailed down into a category, like Da Vinci or Jean Cocteau. You could say Cocteau was a great poet but also a film-maker, interested in theatre, sculpture, and could never identify with any of these forms exclusively. "

" I admire people who can spend every aspect of their life in one discipline and really go all the way. I feel the only way I could achieve some type of excellence is if I connect to other people, other disciplines. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Often, particularly towards the end of the process, I think of myself less as a theatre director and more as someone who just directs the traffic. My job is to move the ideas and bits of the show into the places where they work best. Sometimes my job is also to say, 'No.' "

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

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