Criticism is valuable... and self-congratulatory experiences are not.

I've never been able to understand where great artists come from.

Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to meet deadlines, not to be organized, is at heart a sign of your own insecurity and at worst the sign of an amateur.

I would like to see more new productions of new material by new composers/lyricists/book writers. I would like to see people take more chances. I think because everything costs so much they're not taking the chances they used to.

Nothing is staged exactly as it was, because I can't remember - and I consider that an advantage.

Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don’t think that’s a good trend for the theater at all.

I wouldn't want to be just pigeonholed as an extravagant director.