Culture Quote by Julie Taymor

There is incredible power in the arts to inspire and influence.

— Julie Taymor

The idea that all violence in movies is okay simply because it happens is bull. Directors and writers have a responsibility.

— Julie Taymor

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

I have never had a problem with people not being able to understand the words and the meanings in Titus.

— Julie Taymor

What I don't have in theater is editing.

— Julie Taymor

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

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

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

Children have an easier ability to tap into the surreal than adults do, in a funny kind of way.

— Julie Taymor

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

I am creative in my living space - the designer in me helps that out.

— Julie Taymor

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