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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" If you're going to do a show about somebody who dumped you, it's much richer if you have three characters dealing with different aspects of that theme. There is more space for people to identify with it. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" My taste comes from when I was 12 years old and saw Genesis or Laurie Anderson or some performance artist who had put paint on himself. I've seen a lot of theater, but that's not what woke up my taste to become a director; nontheatrical things were much more theatrical than the theater I was seeing. "

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

" Vegas is a testing ground for the human soul. What are our values, especially in a time of crisis? Work with Cirque du Soleil, and you learn that quickly. The former socialist street performers who now throw parties by the pool with Brazilian models, oh yes! "

" I had been warned by other directors that opera is hell. The singers don't want to do what you want. "

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" Making art in big cities is often frustrating and difficult. It's why artists are drawn to smaller places. "

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

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

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

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

" In Las Vegas, you confront yourself with your darkest desires, because they're all possible there. "

" Of course theater will always be associated intimately to literature, but the themes or whatever have to penetrate you by the senses. Theater is a sensuous experience, and that's its main difference from film or any other dramatic art. "

" Theater originated with technology. People forget that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Everybody loves Vegas, and everybody puts it down, especially intellectuals and artists. We have to rub our feet on it, but we're all secretly thrilled to be there. "