Julie Taymor Quotes

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• 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 was… American
• 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
• My God, it transformed me. My life changed. Changed
• People will justify whatever for a good cause. Cause
• There is incredible power in the arts to inspire and influence. Art
• Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry. Abstract
• What I don't have in theater is editing. Editing
• 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 direct… Actors
• Limitations force you to find the essence of what you want to say, which is one of the most important things to know for an… Artist
• I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting. Believe
• I am, to be quite honest, sick of hero stories. Hero
• I have directed good actors and have gone through the process which is more detailed in theater in a way. You have to get people… Actor
• It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous. Cannot Express
• I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way. Cinematic
• I received from my experience in Japan an incredible sense of respect for the art of creating, not just the creative product. We're all about… All
• 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 my… Feel
• Directing is much more psychological-it's a lot like being a general. And you have to be organized. While you're making a film, you have between… Asking
• But I don't think there has ever been anything written on the nature of violent man as deep and as thorough as Shakespeare's Titus. I… All
• We have often been attracted to the story of the other, the outcast. And he and I just loved working together, so it just kept… Art
• And I just think that to introduce an unknown Shakespeare is thrilling, too - not to do Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet, to do the… Hamlet

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