100 Quotes by Robert Lepage

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    In everything I've done, I've always tried to make room for indigenous people, to include them.

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    Opera needs a major makeover; the large opera houses are too in thrall to their conservative patrons.

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    People talk about fantastic memories of childhood, but I remember children being cruel to me and wanting to come out of childhood as soon as possible because I knew adults were generally more contained in their cruelty.

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    Technology can become a crutch. Sometimes it's there just to hide behind when you're shy of what you're trying to say.

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    When I directed the 'Ring' cycle at the Metropolitan Opera in New York recently, there were people texting all through the show. But theatre isn't a communication device: it's a communion.

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    I'm a follower of people not necessarily connected with the theater.

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    I'm not good at doing show business; I'm a theatre person. I don't reveal anything about my life.

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