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Theatre Director Inspirational Quotes (110)

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Music has always been a part of my spiritual seeking, from the moment that Handel's 'Messiah' gave me the experience when I was so young, and music has meant so much to me since then.
George Ogilvie
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The important thing is to use the role as a trampoline, a chance to study and play with what is behind our masks. Creativity, especially where acting is concerned, Is boundless sincerity, yet disciplined.
Jerzy Grotowski
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I wasnt political in order to be political
Jerzy Grotowski
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Even when I rehearse down in the bowels of the Metropolitan Opera, you can't help but think why The Phantom of the Opera was inspired by what happens in the bowels of the opera house.
Susan Stroman
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In a way, I have to have a dictatorship. I can't be told that I'm wrong. That conflicts with what I was saying earlier about listening. It isn't to do with receiving criticism and responding to other views, it's who has that last decision.
Trevor Nunn
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I always say that you can't be afraid to ask the question. What's the worst that could happen? The answer could be no and you go on.
Susan Stroman
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The interviewer always learns something new from the interviewee. It opens up your mind to new ideas and the vast multiplicity of human experience.
Steve Cosson
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Joan of Arc should be played as a pain in the ass and how do I know she was a pain in the ass? ... because they burn her at the end.
Harold Clurman
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Americans like to believe we can overcome all obstacles and always triumph in the end, but that's not real life and a steady diet of stories like that will give you a pretty unhealthy view of reality.
Bartlett Sher
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I love wandering. It's liberating to throw away the map and explore uncharted galleries. You'll nearly always stumble into something immensely interesting that way.
Steve Cosson
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I don't believe you should interfere with any classic for reasons of religious or political correctness.
Terry Hands
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My real pleasure is that 4 times a week 1,800 people are standing up and shouting on Broadway for an author who died hundreds of years ago.
Terry Hands
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It is true that I visualize music and, as I visualize music, I have some sort of story running in my head, all the time.
Susan Stroman
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I'm drawn to very large texts that are mammothly popular in different parts of the world but are almost unknown here [the USA]. They're safe bets if they've been around for 2,000 years, there's a reason. It's often a title or just a phrase within the text that will compel me to adapt it.
Mary Zimmerman
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