I think, as written, 'Assassins' simply acknowledges the very human need to be acknowledged. As director, I've got … - Joe Mantello

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No matter what you're going through, there is no temporary feeling or circumstance that can take away the core of who you are.

Joe Mantello

I think, as written, 'Assassins' simply acknowledges the very human need to be acknowledged. As director, I've got to put aside any particular biases or prejudices that, as a moral human being, this is not an appropriate or acceptable way to get what you want.

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I think actors are brave souls that have to use parts of themselves that I'm just not comfortable doing anymore.

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Theater isn't there to provide answers. Only possibilities. I just ask the questions. But I believe hope comes from the fact that there is a potential for redemption. At the core, that's what matters in the theater I'm attracted to. Do we dare to hope? Do we allow ourselves to hope?

Believe, Core, Hope, Redemption, Theater, What Matters

I understood that I was not the best director in the world nor the worst director in the world. I realized that there is a very mysterious element to what works and what doesn't work in the theater. And it's good to know that from the beginning.

Directors, Elements, Good, Theater, World

I think good actors - good, collaborative actors who see themselves as leaders in a given production - can and should offer ideas that have nothing to do with wanting to direct themselves.

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I know there are different kinds of actors, but I tend to have less effective relationships with actors who have a very private process - who really need to do lots of internal work, so that I become merely a witness until they're ready to share.

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