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 love directing Shakespeare on film. It's fantastic that the actors would do exactly the same thing and be true to their… — 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
I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way. — 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
I've never been a puppeteer, I conceive and I write and I design and I direct. And not just puppets. I direct… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
When I'm working as a director, I might have an idea of my own but I'm also trying to get great ideas… — 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
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
