It's a terrible shame if you're born the brightest guy in your class. If you're not, then you have to hustle-and that's good.

I saw 'On The Town' about nine times. I discovered it. I loved it. I was in college.

I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater.

I was nine. I saw Orson Welles in 'Julius Caesar.' It was involving, emotional, imaginative. I've never forgotten it.

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

I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.

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.