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" 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. "

Robert Lepage

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" My father had barely any education. He could hardly write or count. But his great pride was that he was perfectly bilingual. In the household, he entertained this idea that we had to speak both languages. "

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

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Much

Writing

" 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. "

" I was brought up by a father and mother who were radically different. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I like doing very small, intimate things in the morning and then, in the afternoon, to be working on something in a big stadium. "

Robert Lepage

Doing

Small

" There is a way to grow old and still have dignity. "

" We tend to forget that in those days before the Internet and HBO and Imax and 3-D cinema, opera was the thing. Opera and theatre. If you were a man of the world and you mingled among the happy few, you would be at the opera. "

" 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. "

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

" All of Vegas is false. There's a false Paris, a false Venice, a false Baghdad - in fact, all of the early Vegas aesthetic is Baghdad, which is also the irony. It's 'Aladdin,' the sands, 'One Thousand and One Nights.' "

" Why is it that I can remember so easily the lyrics to the opening theme song of 'Gilligan's Island?' Why do I remember these trivial things, and I can't remember the names of important collaborators? "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 need to have many things cooking at the same time. "

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

" My naivety is to assume people will think there's compassion and solidarity in wanting to play someone even though we are not them. "

" I've always been a little scared of technology, which is why I explore it. "

" 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. "

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