And I just think that to introduce an unknown Shakespeare is thrilling, too - not to do Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet, to do the richer Shakespeare. People will come to this and not know the story.

Everything amounts to nothing if you don't love someone or something.

It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous.

I've had male executives say that my lead character was unlikable because she slept with a lot of guys.

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

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.

I am, to be quite honest, sick of hero stories.