A performance can have amazing visuals and special effects, but it has to tell a good story, even if that story isn't… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
Everything amounts to nothing if you don't love someone or something. — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
You just have to throw fear out the window. If there's anything that's going to hold you back, it's fear. — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
That's my policy - to be positive, to just hope that something will happen. If you start with all your fears, your… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
I don't want to sound like a heroic woman or to seem full of myself, but I do have a core of… — 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
Creativity is a gift, but if you don't know how to use it you might not even know it's there. There's a… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
Because my parents had given me tremendous respect, trust, and freedom as a child, I knew how to take responsibility for myself.… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
I believe that if you really have a strong idea, you can say, "What do you think? Let's see how my idea… — 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 Image
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 Image
I have never had a problem with people not being able to understand the words and the meanings in Titus. — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Children have an easier ability to tap into the surreal than adults do, in a funny kind of way. — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
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 Image
I am creative in my living space - the designer in me helps that out. — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
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 Image
