Quotes by Julie Taymor

Julie Taymor

A performance can have amazing visuals and special effects, but it has to tell a good story, even if that story isn’t original.

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Americans are attracted to the dark side. But which movies should be allowed to be violent and show that dark side, and which should not? I don’t believe in censorship, but I do think there are horrible movies that are bad for you.

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Americans in particular are myopic. They’re not traveling as much. When you were a college student, the next thing you would do on graduation was to take a year off and travel. That’s what I did. I went to Indonesia.

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An artist is an entertainer, number one – a storyteller who takes people someplace, who gives them what they didn’t know they wanted.

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And I just think that to introduce an unknown Shakespeare is thrilling, too – not to do Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet, to do the richer Shakespeare. People will come to this and not know the story.

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Thinking

Because my parents had given me tremendous respect, trust, and freedom as a child, I knew how to take responsibility for myself. If you’re constantly being told “No, don’t do that” or “We don’t trust you,” you can’t develop that responsibility.

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But I don’t think there has ever been anything written on the nature of violent man as deep and as thorough as Shakespeare’s Titus. I think it puts all modern movies and modern exploitations of violence to shame.

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Children have an easier ability to tap into the surreal than adults do, in a funny kind of way.

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Creativity is a gift, but if you don’t know how to use it you might not even know it’s there. There’s a lot of creativity in the air, but it’s meaningless if you’re not open to receiving it.

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Directing is much more psychological-it’s a lot like being a general. And you have to be organized. While you’re making a film, you have between two and 500 people asking you a billion questions.

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Quotes by Julie Taymor

Julie Taymor

A performance can have amazing visuals and special effects, but it has to tell a good story, even if that story isn’t original.

Americans are attracted to the dark side. But which movies should be allowed to be violent and show that dark side, and which should not? I don’t believe in censorship, but I do think there are horrible movies that are bad for you.

Americans in particular are myopic. They’re not traveling as much. When you were a college student, the next thing you would do on graduation was to take a year off and travel. That’s what I did. I went to Indonesia.

An artist is an entertainer, number one – a storyteller who takes people someplace, who gives them what they didn’t know they wanted.

And I just think that to introduce an unknown Shakespeare is thrilling, too – not to do Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet, to do the richer Shakespeare. People will come to this and not know the story.

Because my parents had given me tremendous respect, trust, and freedom as a child, I knew how to take responsibility for myself. If you’re constantly being told “No, don’t do that” or “We don’t trust you,” you can’t develop that responsibility.

But I don’t think there has ever been anything written on the nature of violent man as deep and as thorough as Shakespeare’s Titus. I think it puts all modern movies and modern exploitations of violence to shame.

Children have an easier ability to tap into the surreal than adults do, in a funny kind of way.

Creativity is a gift, but if you don’t know how to use it you might not even know it’s there. There’s a lot of creativity in the air, but it’s meaningless if you’re not open to receiving it.

Directing is much more psychological-it’s a lot like being a general. And you have to be organized. While you’re making a film, you have between two and 500 people asking you a billion questions.

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