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

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 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 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 think, as written, 'Assassins' simply acknowledges the very human need to be acknowledged. As director, I've got to put aside any particular biases or prejudices that, as a moral human being, this is not an appropriate or acceptable way to get what you want.

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

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