“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.” PeopleThinkingKnowsStoriesIntroducingThrillingJuliet Author:Julie Taymor
“I have never had a problem with people not being able to understand the words and the meanings in Titus.” PeopleProblemAble Author:Julie Taymor
“You program music with an image and then people are desensitized.” PeopleProgram Author:Julie Taymor
“Some people become dullards, but as children we are all creative. It's in the programming, the socialization, that we lose our sense of play.” PeopleChildrenPlayLosesCreativeProgrammingSocialization Author:Julie Taymor
“In a way, artists are shamans, facilitators who take what's there, channel it through themselves, then put it out there for people to appreciate.” PeopleWayArtistAppreciate 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
“People have become so literal because they're used to reality-based television.” PeopleRealityUsedTelevisionLiteral 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
“In America, the word art has become like the word adultery. It's this big scarlet letter. When you say you're an artist, people are like, "Ugh."” PeopleArtBigsAmericaArtistLettersAdulteryScarletUgh Author:Julie Taymor
“An artist is an entertainer, number one - a storyteller who takes people someplace, who gives them what they didn't know they wanted.” PeopleKnowsGivingWantedArtistNumbersStorytellerEntertainers 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
“It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous.” PeopleDangerousRepressed 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
