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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Creativity and the world of the imagination - the beauty of what we see as a child and the kind of play that we experience as a child - can be a way for us to survive tough times.

Theatre and opera were always the twin kingdoms that I felt I had to conquer, because they were my parents' favorites.