I was always rather outspoken. I worried about what people thought of me but there really wasn't room for a lot of self-doubt.

I think actors are brave souls that have to use parts of themselves that I'm just not comfortable doing anymore.

If I hadn't gone into the theater, I would be a painter.

I understood that I was not the best director in the world nor the worst director in the world. I realized that there is a very mysterious element to what works and what doesn't work in the theater. And it's good to know that from the beginning.

I think good actors - good, collaborative actors who see themselves as leaders in a given production - can and should offer ideas that have nothing to do with wanting to direct themselves.

I know there are different kinds of actors, but I tend to have less effective relationships with actors who have a very private process - who really need to do lots of internal work, so that I become merely a witness until they're ready to share.

I like to hire the kind of people that I would want to be on stage with.