100 Quotes by Robert Lepage

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    I've always been a little scared of technology, which is why I explore it.

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    'The Blue Dragon' uses very filmic language and involves a lot of technology. It is more cinematic than theatrical and was inspired by comic strips and graphic novels.

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    When we were working on 'River Ota' in the '90s, I learnt to read Japanese, which was how I discovered that it incorporates elements of Chinese calligraphy.

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    When we work on a new theatre piece, we improvise a lot. But it's the opposite in opera, where everything is fixed.

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    Opera is a very stimulating place to work, and I believe it offers the most intense theatrical experience possible.

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    I will always demand the right for theatre to talk about anything and anyone. Without exception. None.

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    All of Vegas is false. There's a false Paris, a false Venice, a false Baghdad - in fact, all of the early Vegas aesthetic is Baghdad, which is also the irony. It's 'Aladdin,' the sands, 'One Thousand and One Nights.'

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    I like doing very small, intimate things in the morning and then, in the afternoon, to be working on something in a big stadium.

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