It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else. - Carlisle Floyd

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I had great luck with Tim McGraw twice in 'Friday Night Lights' and 'The Kingdom. ' I love finding off-beat casting and finding someone you know in one way and you reinvent them in another way. I like doing that as a director.

Carlisle Floyd

It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.

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