I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive activity, because I was a goody-goody who never got in trouble. But if I went off in the corner and mimicked the teacher, people loved it.

Those in the margins are always trying to get to the center, and those at the center, frequently in the name of tradition, are trying to keep the margins at a distance.

I see myself as not a typical theater person, but a person who uses the theater as a place to meet people and explore ideas.

I am not myself; I am the potential of myself.

I love studying how people are. Not just what they're saying, but how they are, what they're doing.

If I do three interviews in a day, I can be exhausted, because the process of hearing everyone requires that I empty out myself. While I'm listening, my own judgments and prejudices certainly come up. But I know I won't get anything unless I get those things out of the way.

Discipline — both mental and physical — is crucial.