Author Profile
Robert Lepage
1957 • Canadian • Playwright
60
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Collected Meditations
Showing 60 quotesOpera needs a major makeover; the large opera houses are too in thrall to their conservative patrons.— Robert Lepage
I like doing very small, intimate things in the morning and then, in the afternoon, to be working on something in a big stadium.— Robert Lepage
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.— Robert Lepage
I will always demand the right for theatre to talk about anything and anyone. Without exception. None.— Robert Lepage
A show is good when there is a meeting of time and space, when time and space become irrelevant.— Robert Lepage
My taste comes from when I was 12 years old and saw Genesis or Laurie Anderson or some performance artist who had put paint on himself. I've seen a lot of theater, but that's not what woke up my taste to become a director; nontheatrical things were much more theatrical than the theater I was seeing.— Robert Lepage
For me, theater will always be very, very much alive, but not necessarily in the theatrical tradition.— Robert Lepage
I'm not good at doing show business; I'm a theatre person. I don't reveal anything about my life.— Robert Lepage
I'm not good at entertainment. I don't give myself to all the interviews, game shows, or talk shows.— Robert Lepage
Everybody loves Vegas, and everybody puts it down, especially intellectuals and artists. We have to rub our feet on it, but we're all secretly thrilled to be there.— Robert Lepage
Vegas is a testing ground for the human soul. What are our values, especially in a time of crisis? Work with Cirque du Soleil, and you learn that quickly. The former socialist street performers who now throw parties by the pool with Brazilian models, oh yes!— Robert Lepage
In Las Vegas, you confront yourself with your darkest desires, because they're all possible there.— Robert Lepage
I was a privileged observer to be there when Celine Dion opened at Caesars Palace and then the second Gulf War started. It was an odd thing to see the impact both events had on Vegas. The place was riding high after Celine, but overnight, once war was declared, it was deserted.— Robert Lepage
A lot of people hated every moment of my 'Ring.' And a lot of people who had never been to an opera bought subscriptions to the next season.— Robert Lepage