Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry.

I think that both musicals and opera have a capacity to get to an inner emotional landscape.

I'm a firm believer in the idea that theater excels over film and TV in its ability to let people play with poetry.

You don't have to patronize your audience, and you can mix art and commerce in a profound way. You can simultaneously play to the sophisticated, 60-year-old theatergoers and to 4-year-olds.

I lived in Indonesia for four years and I understand trance and magic and where it comes from.

The idea that all violence in movies is okay simply because it happens is bull. Directors and writers have a responsibility.

I don't want to sound like a heroic woman or to seem full of myself, but I do have a core of trust that I'll figure things out and find my way. And if whatever I try is not a good experience, even that is a good experience. If something turns out lousy, it's interesting.