Julie Taymor Quotes

Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are in film.

I feel that once you go into rehearsal, you need to focus on the show in the room.

Backstage life is terrific training for an actor, seeing shows from the wings.

I've been onstage once for one performance with four days' rehearsal.

I've been on stage plenty of times, and one of the things about being a stage actress is you have a 3-month run to revisit the story nightly and play it again.

I've been acting for a while, but theater is pretty different. I've never been in a play.

I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting.

I'm just a stage actress. I'm very comfortable onstage.

In theater, they say a theater piece is only as good as its transitions.

When you're doing a legitimate play, if you have a company of 12, it's considered a big cast.

My first live performance was the lead in 'Peter Pan.'

We've always had the sensibility that you work on the set, and you structure it, much like a play, where once you've got the lines down and blocking right, you freeze it, and then you go out and do what you're doing night after night. You want to structure something that has form and that builds the right dynamic from start to finish.

I don't know what directing actors is all about apart from just casting well and then shaping their performances a bit, you know.

I specifically remember doing the musical 'Sweet Charity' at Stagedoor. I was playing Vittorio Vidal, which is a very funny part, and some other small roles. I couldn't really sing that well, but there were so many fun bits, and I just remember the tremendous adrenaline rush I felt from being onstage and hearing the audience enjoying it.

Good directors give short and specific instructions to their actors.

Directing is something I always wanted to do. I started when I was 13 directing scenes in high school and then plays in college with my theatre company.

As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to please my director.

I took an acting class at Cerritos Junior College and I did a handful of plays, maybe five or six plays.

I've always been very comfortable in a set environment. All the collaborating going on, seeing how actors work - it all excites me.

I've always felt like I've been in good shows.

Acting on stage is still my favorite thing to do. And everyone who's been in musicals knows that there is nothing more fun.

Here's what I knew about doing a play: I knew it would make me a better actor.

I think a director can make a play happen before your eyes so that you are part of it and it is part of you. If you can get it right, there's no mystery. It's not about mystery. It's not even mysterious. It's about our lives.

My first time I directed a play was 'No Exit,' a play set in a subway.

I would like to direct. What goes on behind stage is very interesting.