I'm not a director who feels I should be in your face all the time. I really want you to watch the actors and listen to the play.

If you really want to see the face of war, see the faces of survivors.

I don't think I should be telling you every 10 minutes what to think. I like to leave the audience alone with the magic. I tend to trust the material, or I don't do it.

A lot of the time, when I watch actors now, I think, 'I don't believe you.'

Interviews are good if you want to be an actor because they raise your profile.

Out of nowhere, I became a fairly well-known director with a penchant for opera, which I did for 10 years. Then I realized I was taking myself out the theater channel, and so I re-focused on theater.