I don't have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I've never fought with any actor ever.

I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.

I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.

I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.

Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.

I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.