When I was thinking about The Lion King, I said, we have to do what theater does best. What theater does best… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
I'm a firm believer in the idea that theater excels over film and TV in its ability to let people play with… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
Some of my ideas for film or theater come to me in dreams. I'm also very creative when I'm talking to others.… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
Learning is about much more than science and math. Doing theater, music, and art in school really helps children's minds grow because… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
I have directed good actors and have gone through the process which is more detailed in theater in a way. You have… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
My aesthetic is not a Disney aesthetic at all, but when I met with the wonderful producers at Disney, they weren't looking… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
Spider-Man is a genuine American myth with a dark, primal power, but it's also got this great superhero, and - hey! -… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
The idea that all violence in movies is okay simply because it happens is bull. Directors and writers have a responsibility. — Julie Taymor Copy Share
Americans in particular are myopic. They're not traveling as much. When you were a college student, the next thing you would do on graduation… — Julie Taymor Copy Share
I have never had a problem with people not being able to understand the words and the meanings in Titus. — Julie Taymor Copy Share
I'm not going to spend two years on a film or four years on an opera if I don't feel like I can put… — Julie Taymor Copy Share
I call myself a playmaker sometimes - but that's just a word. I don't feel like I have to have a title or a… — Julie Taymor Copy Share
I want to experience a performance on all levels - I want goose bumps and I want to leave the movie or play arguing… — Julie Taymor Copy Share
Children have an easier ability to tap into the surreal than adults do, in a funny kind of way. — Julie Taymor Copy Share
One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that film does allow me to be more literal. I… — Julie Taymor Copy Share
An artist is an entertainer, number one - a storyteller who takes people someplace, who gives them what they didn't know they wanted. — Julie Taymor Copy Share
When we were kids, you picked up a little paper and put it on a stick; and when you waved it back and forth,… — Julie Taymor Copy Share
I've never been a puppeteer, I conceive and I write and I design and I direct. And not just puppets. I direct actors, I… — Julie Taymor Copy Share
