I believe so much in the power of performance I don't want to convince people. I want them to experience it and come away convinced on their own.

Talking about [Donald] Trump, there's nothing wrong with Trump. He's who he is. It's wrong with us, who let him [win]. That's what's wrong. It's not that he's going to change, but the people who think like him.

True love for whatever you are doing is the answer to everything.

Don't even ask me why. I do not know, I have no answer to this insane behaviour.

A great artist has to be ready to fail.

We don't have politicians with dignity and morals. We never have, not since [Nelson] Mandela and [Mahatma ] Gandhi. It's really rare.

I say we don't need art in nature, because it's so perfect without us. We need it in the cities. But the cities have absolutely lost their own center. They think having ten cars and a big bridge is the way to happiness. It's not.