What I don't have in theater is editing.

One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that film does allow me to be more literal. I can go to the real place. I can go to the Coliseum, and I don't have to fake it.

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.

I think we all see the world from our own little unique bubble.

I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting.

There is incredible power in the arts to inspire and influence.

When you break into song, it's not about dialogue, it's not about how you would speak in a naturalistic sense-it's about expressing your inner torment or your inner joy.

Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry.

An artist is an entertainer, number one - a storyteller who takes people someplace, who gives them what they didn't know they wanted.

Limitations force you to find the essence of what you want to say, which is one of the most important things to know for an artist.

I want to experience a performance on all levels - I want goose bumps and I want to leave the movie or play arguing about something that's unresolved.

Greatness lies not in high or outstanding ability. It lies simply in the willingness to use what we have for others. The greater the 'other people' dimension, the greater our personal 'greatness'.

It is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean.

History used to be written by the winners. Now it is distorted and distributed by the winners' media.

Don't think needlessly, think wisely, and your thoughts will emit positive vibes through out you, and the Universe.

I plan to surf more - learn the way of the wave.

Write, write, write-till your fingers break.

Tango is about feeling and sensitivity, otherwise you are just doing gymnastics. You can do all the steps but it has to have the feeling and sensitivity of authentic tango.

I expect a zombie to show up on Sesame Street soon, teaching kids to count.

An advantage to volleyball is that you have a scoreboard to tell how you have done as a team. The thing is, in life there is no scoreboard, at least not one that you can see.

Hitler was the fate of Germany and this fate could not be stayed.