It's better to go out like a man, trying, than to play it safe and get second.

To embark on the journey towards your goals and dreams requires bravery. To remain on that path requires courage. The bridge that merges the two is commitment.

When you put emphasis on compromise rather than on principle, you end up with 2/3 of the principles being implemented.

As a director you come in and tell the actors how good they are.

One of the most important things for an actor is to observe humanity.

Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me... aren't you?

You can’t think thoughts of mediocrity and expect to excel. The two don’t go together.

The Light Queen’s voice stilled the turbulent waves of my soul, singing calm and grace to every fiber of my being. Neamh. Ah, there, I was pissed off again

What is to be got at to make the air sweet, the ground good under the feet, can only be got at by failure, trial, again and again and again failure.

Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew: integrally, with them.