17 Diane Paulus Quotes for You to Enjoy

Diane Paulus

American Director

Born: 1966

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For me, the reason why people go to a mountaintop or go to the edge of the ocean is to look at something larger than themselves. That feeling of awe, of going to a cathedral, it's all about feeling lost in something bigger than oneself. To me, that's the definition of spectacle. Diane Paulus

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As a director, I never feel that I have the answers. Diane Paulus

Director Never Feel Answers

It's freeing to not be caught up in your own personal baggage. Diane Paulus

Own Baggage Freeing Caught Up Personal Your

I really challenge every actor at the beginning of a process, and I always say, 'I have an idea that I'm going to bring to the table. I hope and expect that you will have an idea and bring it to the table. But the way I really want to work is that together we're going to have a third idea that is better than either of our ideas.' Diane Paulus

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I don't want to be in an art bubble. Diane Paulus

Art Bubble Want

Look at where I lived! Four blocks from Lincoln Center. I used to play in the fountain. And then I started taking dance lessons. I was in 'The Nutcracker' for the N.Y. City Ballet when I was 8 and dancing in 'The Firebird' for George Balanchine when I was 9. Believe me, that's something you don't ever forget. Diane Paulus

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Being a director, whether you're in rehearsal or you're in auditions or you're in a creative meeting, is so much to me about being present in the moment. There's a sense of time stopping. Diane Paulus

Time Me You Director Creative Sense Meeting About Auditions Stopping Being Whether Much Moment Rehearsal Present

I'm always interested in looking - historically - at how theater can animate history and how all of that can make us engage with our lives in an enriching way. Diane Paulus

History Looking Enriching Our Way Our Lives Animate Make Always How Historically Theater Interested Us Engage Lives

Politics, to a degree, is about legislation, administration. You can't be there in the trenches. Diane Paulus

Politics You Degree Trenches Administration About Legislation

My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America. Diane Paulus

Director Generation My Generation Fed America Going Subsidized Theater Illusions Cared

I had to drop a boulder to wake people up about the A.R.T. We've done that, and now we have audiences again who want cutting-edge work, who want to be challenged, but who also won't be falling asleep at the theater. Diane Paulus

Work People Drop About Had Boulder Also Audiences Falling Wake Up Done Want Theater Again Asleep Who Now Challenged

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