“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 think that both musicals and opera have a capacity to get to an inner emotional landscape.” ThinkingEmotionalCapacityLandscapeOpera Author:Julie Taymor
“Americans are attracted to the dark side. But which movies should be allowed to be violent and show that dark side, and which should not? I don't believe in censorship, but I do think there are horrible movies that are bad for you.” ThinkingShouldBelieveShowsSidesDarkDon't BelieveViolentHorribleCensorshipDark Side Author:Julie Taymor
“I think we all see the world from our own little unique bubble.” ThinkingWorldLittlesUniqueBubbles Author:Julie Taymor
“I believe that if you really have a strong idea, you can say, "What do you think? Let's see how my idea plays off yours."” IfsThinkingBelieveIdeasPlayStrongI Believe Author:Julie Taymor
“It's how you tell the story that makes it new. That's what artists do. They let us look at the world from a different perspective. They let us look at birds in a way that makes us never see birds again in the same way. That's why I don't think computers are healthy for kids. They're too literal. You pop a button and a bluebird comes out. You pop another button and you can take the color blue and shove it into the outline of the bluebird.” ThinkingWorldWayLooksDifferentStoriesKidsArtistColorPerspectiveHealthyComputerBirdBluePopsButtonsLiteralOutlinesDifferent PerspectiveBluebirdColor Blue Author:Julie Taymor
“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.” ThinkingDoeSaidRealityKingsTheaterAbstractLionsLiteralLion King Author:Julie Taymor
“But I don't think there has ever been anything written on the nature of violent man as deep and as thorough as Shakespeare's Titus. I think it puts all modern movies and modern exploitations of violence to shame.” ThinkingMenViolenceWrittenModernShameViolentMovieExploitationThoroughViolent Man Author:Julie Taymor
