I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.

Trust yourself that you can do it and get it

Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.

When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love.

I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.

In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.

I've always loved the old epics that tell a simple emotional story, whether it's the tumultuous relationship between Rhett and Scarlett or Lawrence of Arabia's passion to get lost in a faraway place.