Im 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.

I've gotten to the point that I don't even know what tomorrow brings. When I'm teaching, obviously I'm in town for the class every week.

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.

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

Im always interested in working with people who are good team players - that are selfless that way in their interests and dedication to the project.

Opera is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story.

Creativity is a form of knowledge.