Robert Lepage

Theatre is different. We can spend two weeks around a table talking about subtext. In opera, there is a score, and people…

— Robert Lepage

I'm trying to tell history with a capital H through histories with a small h. It moves people, because you know in…

— Robert Lepage

The same critics who destroyed 'Seven Streams' when we opened in Edinburgh - and yes, it was horrible - called it one…

— Robert Lepage

There's not a system better than another. There are some people better than others. I'm not anti-democracy, but there's no real system…

— Robert Lepage

In real life, I am not a lonely person; I have lots of good friends and am active socially. But there are…

— Robert Lepage

My father had barely any education. He could hardly write or count. But his great pride was that he was perfectly bilingual.…

— Robert Lepage

Of course I had friends, but it was very limiting because there was always a chance that at every corner, someone would…

— Robert Lepage

The real writing of a piece comes only when you are performing it. It is why I like theatre. In film and…

— Robert Lepage

Every time we make a new invention, we think we're going to save the world, but eventually, we understand that the real…

— Robert Lepage

Theatre's still expensive compared to downloading on Netflix; that has to be addressed. It doesn't mean it has to be over-subsidised by…

— Robert Lepage

We tend to forget that in those days before the Internet and HBO and Imax and 3-D cinema, opera was the thing.…

— Robert Lepage

I think theatre must be an event, an experience, not compete with cinema. When people are able to download stories on Netflix,…

— Robert Lepage

Why is it that I can remember so easily the lyrics to the opening theme song of 'Gilligan's Island?' Why do I…

— Robert Lepage

Opera should be a place for art forms to meet. I've worked a lot with Peter Gabriel; his music isn't operatic, but…

— Robert Lepage

A puppet, for example, is just a piece of wood, a couple of rivets, but put them together, and if you know…

— Robert Lepage

Vegas is a testing ground for the human soul. What are our values, especially in a time of crisis? Work with Cirque…

— Robert Lepage

I was interested in theatre, and the only experience that I had in high school was as an actor. But when I…

— Robert Lepage

People talk about fantastic memories of childhood, but I remember children being cruel to me and wanting to come out of childhood…

— Robert Lepage

The great advantage of the circus, and the reason it is so popular, is really the ideal combination of art and sport.…

— Robert Lepage

During the tour of 'Circulations,' we spent a lot of time in Canadian Chinatowns. I was fascinated by the idea that you…

— Robert Lepage