When I'm sculpting, I work with wood and clay, and though some say that an image is already … - Julie Taymor

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It's never fun to do it by yourself. It's good to have other people that are on the same path as you. It's nice to have that in common and be able to converse with them. It's cool to share that.

Julie Taymor

When I'm sculpting, I work with wood and clay, and though some say that an image is already in the material and the sculptor just has to discover it, I also believe you have an image in your head that you're trying to get to. So you're in a dialogue with the piece, a back-and-forth.

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I love directing Shakespeare on film. It's fantastic that the actors would do exactly the same thing and be true to their part.

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We're really having a problem right now in our culture. I haven't seen one movie lately in which the story and visuals have been equally good.

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I believe that if you really have a strong idea, you can say, "What do you think? Let's see how my idea plays off yours. "

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When I'm working as a director, I might have an idea of my own but I'm also trying to get great ideas out of my actors. 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 2 and 500 people asking you a billion questions.

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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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