When I was thinking about The Lion King, I said, we have to do what theater does best. What theater does best is to be abstract and not to do literal reality. — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
People have become so literal because they're used to reality-based television. — 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
