100 Quotes by Robert Lepage

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    It's obvious that any new show comes with its share of blunders, misfires, and bad choices.

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    The same critics who destroyed 'Seven Streams' when we opened in Edinburgh - and yes, it was horrible - called it one of the most important shows of the 21st century six years later in London.

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    In Las Vegas, you confront yourself with your darkest desires, because they're all possible there.

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    For me, theater will always be very, very much alive, but not necessarily in the theatrical tradition.

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    The extraordinary context of 'Coriolanus' is that it's the first republic - it's the first attempt to create a society not ruled by a monarch. It changes the whole system, and you see how the establishment reacts to that, how they have disdain but play along - and you recognize this is the whole American republican system.

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    My naivety is to assume people will think there's compassion and solidarity in wanting to play someone even though we are not them.

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    With the social media phenomenon, where people's opinions inform so much of what we do with our lives, where the number of 'likes' decides what we should program, I cringe.

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    The thing that's interesting about Trump is that when you read 'Coriolanus,' you'd be tempted to draw parallels. But I don't do that.

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