You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy.

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 happen to be a hopeaholic. I tend to look at problems as an opportunity to do some work.

Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.

I see myself first and foremost as a student of expression.

You hang around actors, or dancers, the minute you sneeze, everybody has a remedy, and we're all on a million different kinds of diets, and different kinds of things that we do for exercise.

My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better.