“I lived in Indonesia for four years and I understand trance and magic and where it comes from.” YearsFourMagicFour YearsIndonesiaTrance Author:Julie Taymor
“I saw bubbling lava, and at the same moment I saw a reflection of a certain kind of inner turmoil. Because at the moment I looked into that crater, I slipped, and a large piece of volcanic rock took a hole out of my leg. The scar is still there 20, 30 years later. But it's one of those things that reminds you of the kind of risk or the kind of moment in order to push yourself.” YearsKindStillsMomentsCertainOrderSawsPiecesRiskRocksReflectionLegsHolesScarTurmoilPush YourselfLavaCraters Author:Julie Taymor
“Growing up I had amazing parents who really let me be creative and free. I was the youngest of three by six years, the child who was the outsider and observer. When I went off to Boston to act, I was very young - 10. And my parents didn't fear that. They had the respect to let me make my choices.” YearsChildrenYoungChoicesThreeParentCreativeGrowing UpGrowingSixLet MeOutsidersBe CreativeObserversBostonAmazing Parents Author:Julie Taymor
“Going to the Far East was my first eye-opener to a world vastly different from my own. Then when I was 16 I lived in Paris for a year and studied mime. At 21 I went to Indonesia. I had planned to go for three months, but I stayed four years. I just got lost in the culture.” WorldYearsFirstsDifferentEyeCultureThreeLostMy OwnFourMonthsEastParisFour YearsIndonesiaThree MonthsMime Author:Julie Taymor
“My aesthetic is not a Disney aesthetic at all, but when I met with the wonderful producers at Disney, they weren't looking for me to do their aesthetic. I'd already spent 20 years in the theater, so if they were going to hire me, they'd be hiring me for what I have to offer.” IfsYearsWonderfulMetsOffersTheaterProducersAestheticHiring Author:Julie Taymor
“You don't have to patronize your audience, and you can mix art and commerce in a profound way. You can simultaneously play to the sophisticated, 60-year-old theatergoers and to 4-year-olds.” WayYearsArtPlayAudienceProfoundCommerceSophisticated Author:Julie Taymor
“Americans in particular are myopic. They're not traveling as much. When you were a college student, the next thing you would do on graduation was to take a year off and travel. That's what I did. I went to Indonesia.” InspirationalYearsFunnyNextStudentsCollegeParticularTravelGraduatesGraduationFunny TravelIndonesiaCollege StudentsMyopic 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
