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Robert Lepage

(1957) Theatre Director

100 quotes in 340 categories

Robert Lepage says his work reveals who he is, so he never needed a therapist. He draws a line between opera, which is fixed, and theater, where improvisation rules. He also mentions his love for geography and his mixed feelings about Vegas.

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Robert Lepage is a theatre director.

Quick Facts About Robert Lepage

Born: December 12, 1957
Profession: Theatre Director

About Robert Lepage

Robert Lepage is a Canadian theater and film director, actor, screenwriter and film producer born in 1957. He also works as a playwright and stage director. In 1994 he started the multidisciplinary performance and production company Ex Machina in Quebec City, creating innovative shows that blend many art forms.

Quotes by Robert Lepage

Chaos is a good thing.

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I've always had a passion for geography. Even at a very young age.

Age

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I haven't become a satanist, but I am fascinated by the character of the devil.

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Sylvie Guillem is the best dancer in the world.

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I never questioned if I was effeminate or not. That didn't matter in the theatre.

Effeminate

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Artists always try to make something that is going to be relevant and up-to-the-minute.

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Theatre comes alive when someone cross-dresses onstage.

Alive

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I've always been a little scared of technology, which is why I explore it.

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I never went through a gender identity problem, but I did with my sexuality.

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I'm not good at doing show business; I'm a theatre person. I don't reveal anything about my life.

Business

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Opera needs a major makeover; the large opera houses are too in thrall to their conservative patrons.

Conservative

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I am interested in suffering and, in particular, the Buddhist idea that in pain, you can find beauty.

Beauty

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Why do we remember stuff from when we were 5 years old but not important facts that are more recent?

Facts

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I like doing very small, intimate things in the morning and then, in the afternoon, to be working on something in a…

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We have a tendency in Quebec - and I include myself in this - to describe ourselves using the past. We're always…

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I enjoy juggling four or five different projects in the air and finding connections and disconnections between them.

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There's nothing sadder than when things happen the way you've planned them, because we don't have a lot of imagination, you know.

Imagination

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I studied as an actor at the theatre conservatoire in Quebec, but by the time I got to my third year, I…

Actor

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Vegas is the city of temptation. I think, perhaps, it is an experiment by NASA. If we're going to send people to…

City

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In Grade 2, when we had to do a presentation in front of the class, I'd always do things about Ireland or…

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I wouldn't be happy to be a specialist. There are some very interesting artists in history who refused to be nailed down…

Art

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I was a privileged observer to be there when Celine Dion opened at Caesars Palace and then the second Gulf War started.…

Gulf war

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I remember my first review in London said I was the next Peter Brook. I said: 'No way. I'm not Peter Brook.…

Experience

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When I directed the 'Ring' cycle at the Metropolitan Opera in New York recently, there were people texting all through the show.…

Communication

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I admire people who can spend every aspect of their life in one discipline and really go all the way. I feel…

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You're only as good as your last movie, period. It's a business.

Business

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Nothing is worse than having your dreams come true.

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There is a way to grow old and still have dignity.

Dignity

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I was brought up by a father and mother who were radically different.

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The safety prospects in 'Ka' are the highest in the world.

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I need to have many things cooking at the same time.

Cooking

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Theater originated with technology. People forget that.

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The first 'Ring' in Bayreuth was about the poetical world, the mythological world.

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People think that it is negative, but in fact, chaos can be very fertile.

Chaos

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Reading fairytales to children expands their imaginations.

Children

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I'm a follower of people not necessarily connected with the theater.

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I want to be surprised by life... I think that's more interesting.

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Technology can become a crutch. Sometimes it's there just to hide behind when you're shy of what you're trying to say.

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The first time someone stood up in front of the fire and told the story while illustrating it with shadows on the…

Birth

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If you decide to work with the opera world, chances are there are going to be people who resist that.

Opera

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Robert Lepage by topic

Theatre (21) Time (12) People (11) Opera (10)