1509 quotes by playwrights for you to enjoy

Vegas is a testing ground for the human soul. What are our values, especially in a time of crisis? Work with Cirque du Soleil, and you learn that quickly. The former socialist street performers who now throw parties by the pool with Brazilian models, oh yes! Robert Lepage

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I'm not good at entertainment. I don't give myself to all the interviews, game shows, or talk shows. Robert Lepage

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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 walls of the quarry, that was the birth of theater. Robert Lepage

Time Walls Fire First Birth Shadows Someone First Time Quarry Up Front Stood Story Theater While Illustrating

'The Blue Dragon' uses very filmic language and involves a lot of technology. It is more cinematic than theatrical and was inspired by comic strips and graphic novels. Robert Lepage

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It's obvious that any new show comes with its share of blunders, misfires, and bad choices. Robert Lepage

Bad Bad Choices Share New Obvious Any Blunders Choices Show

Opera should be a place for art forms to meet. I've worked a lot with Peter Gabriel; his music isn't operatic, but he creates big, popular gatherings to which architecture, dance, and music are all invited. Robert Lepage

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

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

People Negative Think Chaos Fact Fertile Very In Fact

Without meaning to sound crass, I've never had any psychological... help. It's because I feel my work is so revealing about who I am and what I am trying to understand about myself. It's a therapeutic process. Robert Lepage

If you're going to do a show about somebody who dumped you, it's much richer if you have three characters dealing with different aspects of that theme. There is more space for people to identify with it. Robert Lepage

You People Space Three Somebody Characters About More Identify Dealing Dumped Going Different Theme Much Richer Aspects Show Who

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

Try Relevant Something Make Always Going Artists

I'm trying to tell history with a capital H through histories with a small h. It moves people, because you know in your own personal relationships, your own story, there's an echo to a much larger reality. Robert Lepage

Of course I had friends, but it was very limiting because there was always a chance that at every corner, someone would be laughing at me or waiting to beat me up. I had a very lonely childhood because of that. Robert Lepage

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

You Suffering Beauty Pain Find Buddhist Idea Particular Am Interested

The real writing of a piece comes only when you are performing it. It is why I like theatre. In film and TV, the image is locked forever, but in theatre, there is constant change; each performance is part of the writing process. Robert Lepage

I admire people who can spend every aspect of their life in one discipline and really go all the way. I feel the only way I could achieve some type of excellence is if I connect to other people, other disciplines. Robert Lepage

I can't really define myself as a dramatist or as an actor or as someone who is interested in music. Robert Lepage

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People talk about fantastic memories of childhood, but I remember children being cruel to me and wanting to come out of childhood as soon as possible because I knew adults were generally more contained in their cruelty. Robert Lepage

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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 Italy. I could draw maps; I could name all the capitals: I was completely drawn to other lands. I discovered with time that it's a thirst for other people, for otherness, for something fascinating and mysterious. Robert Lepage

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

Good You Business Only Period Movie Your Last

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