I think every theater in America wants a younger audience... and you can't just hope to have a younger audience, you have… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
You have to think about why you're asking an audience to come to the theater. It's not that they should come because… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I listen to music, I read scripts, and I know pretty intuitively if I can unlock it in a way. It's actually… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
Politics, to a degree, is about legislation, administration. You can't be there in the trenches. — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
Being a director, whether you're in rehearsal or you're in auditions or you're in a creative meeting, is so much to me… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I really challenge every actor at the beginning of a process, and I always say, 'I have an idea that I'm going… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
Look at where I lived! Four blocks from Lincoln Center. I used to play in the fountain. And then I started taking… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
Music is rhythm, and all theater is rhythm. It's about tempo and change and pulse, whether you're doing a verse play by… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I am always looking for what piece, what artists, what playwrights, what directors, what subject matter is going to catalyze an audience. — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
We're a depraved civilization. All this technology, all the computer games and the iPhones... nobody will sit for art anymore. What a dismaying state… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
Im always interested in looking - historically - at how theater can animate history and how all of that can make us engage with… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
Creativity and the world of the imagination - the beauty of what we see as a child and the kind of play that we… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
The idea of making audiences feel like they matter, that the theatre matters, and that they're a partner in the event—that's what fuels me… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I think every theater in America wants a younger audience... and you can't just hope to have a younger audience, you have to program… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
You have to think about why you're asking an audience to come to the theater. It's not that they should come because it's good… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
At the core of what I'm doing is a belief in the audience, a belief that populism doesn't mean dumbing down theater, but rather… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I listen to music, I read scripts, and I know pretty intuitively if I can unlock it in a way. It's actually very liberating… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image