I had to drop a boulder to wake people up about the A.R.T. We’ve done that, and now we have audiences again who want cutting-edge work, who want to be challenged, but who also won’t be falling asleep at the theater. Diane Paulus Read Quote
My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America. Diane Paulus Read Quote
When you’re a freelance director, you are hired to create the art, and it kind of stops there. Diane Paulus Read Quote
I knew ART was was going to give me this opportunity to expand my role as a director and finally let me have a seat at the table where I could get involved in these policy discussions and producing discussions and, frankly, the financial discussions. Diane Paulus Read Quote
Politics, to a degree, is about legislation, administration. You can’t be there in the trenches. Diane Paulus Read Quote
I had this epiphany that I like the interaction with people. I wanted to make things happen at a grassroots level. Diane Paulus Read Quote
I think actually what keeps the intensity manageable – it’s a little counterintuitive – is that it’s changing all the time. Every week is different for me. Diane Paulus Read Quote
Look at where I lived! Four blocks from Lincoln Center. I used to play in the fountain. And then I started taking dance lessons. I was in ‘The Nutcracker’ for the N.Y. City Ballet when I was 8 and dancing in ‘The Firebird’ for George Balanchine when I was 9. Believe me, that’s something you don’t ever forget. Diane Paulus Read Quote
I’ve gotten to the point that I don’t even know what tomorrow brings. When I’m teaching, obviously I’m in town for the class every week. Diane Paulus Read Quote
Being a director, whether you’re in rehearsal or you’re in auditions or you’re in a creative meeting, is so much to me about being present in the moment. There’s a sense of time stopping. Diane Paulus Read Quote
