“One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that film does allow me to be more literal. I can go to the real place. I can go to the Coliseum, and I don't have to fake it.” DoeI CanRealReasonFilmMediumsFakeBack And ForthLiteralColiseum Author:Julie Taymor
“I love directing Shakespeare on film. It's fantastic that the actors would do exactly the same thing and be true to their part.” FilmActorsBeing TrueFantastic Author:Julie Taymor
“When I'm working as a director, I might have an idea of my own but I'm also trying to get great ideas out of my actors. Directing is much more psychological - it's a lot like being a general. And you have to be organized. While you're making a film, you have between 2 and 500 people asking you a billion questions.” PeopleTryingIdeasMightFilmActorsMy OwnDirectorsAskingBillionsPsychologicalOrganizedGreat Idea Author:Julie Taymor
“Some of my ideas for film or theater come to me in dreams. I'm also very creative when I'm talking to others. I believe in collaboration.” BelieveIdeasDreamFilmI BelieveTalkingCreativeTheaterI Believe InCollaboration Author:Julie Taymor
“I'm a firm believer in the idea that theater excels over film and TV in its ability to let people play with poetry.” PeopleIdeasPlayFilmAbilityTvsTheaterBelieverFirm Author:Julie Taymor
“Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry.” FilmTheaterSuperiorsAbstract Author:Julie Taymor
“I've never been a puppeteer, I conceive and I write and I design and I direct. And not just puppets. I direct actors, I direct dancers, I direct singers, I direct films. I also direct puppeteers. I'm really a theatre maker, but there's not a word for that.” WritingFilmActorsDesignDirectTheatreSingersDancerMakersPuppetsPuppeteer Author:Julie Taymor
“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.” PeopleWayNeedsTwoFilmThreeActorsProcessHoursGonePerformancesTheaterRehearsalGood Actors Author:Julie Taymor
“I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way.” WayUseFilmStageTechniqueTheatricalCinematic Author:Julie Taymor
“I'm not going to spend two years on a film or four years on an opera if I don't feel like I can put my own self into it. That doesn't mean it has to be about myself.” IfsFeelsYearsMeanI CanTwoSelfFilmMy OwnFourTwo YearsFour YearsOperaNasty Author:Julie Taymor
“Directing is much more psychological-it's a lot like being a general. And you have to be organized. While you're making a film, you have between two and 500 people asking you a billion questions.” PeopleTwoFilmAskingBillionsPsychologicalOrganized Author:Julie Taymor
