You have to stop yourself from even thinking about failing.

I have directed good actors and have gone through the process which is more detailed in theater in a way. You have to get people to stay for two or three hours in a performance. They need more talk and rehearsal than in films.

What I don't know for sure is what's next for me - and I don't mind that. I know for sure that whatever happens will be interesting and will challenge and excite me.

When I was thinking about The Lion King, I said, we have to do what theater does best. What theater does best is to be abstract and not to do literal reality.

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

A performance can have amazing visuals and special effects, but it has to tell a good story, even if that story isn't original.

I call myself a playmaker sometimes - but that's just a word. I don't feel like I have to have a title or a job description.