I think in our culture there's been a tendency for people to blame the audience. There is a tendency in our industry to say, 'The audience has left the building. People don't want culture anymore.' Diane Paulus More Quotes by Diane Paulus More Quotes From Diane Paulus You have to think about why you're asking an audience to come to the theater. It's not that they should come because it's good for them, because it's the vegetables that they should eat and the culture shot that they should get... It's about experience and building community and catalyzing dialogue and bringing people together. Diane Paulus good you culture people We're a depraved civilization. All this technology, all the computer games and the iPhones... nobody will sit for art anymore. What a dismaying state of humanity. Diane Paulus nobody technology humanity art Music is rhythm, and all theater is rhythm. It's about tempo and change and pulse, whether you're doing a verse play by Shakespeare or a musical. Diane Paulus doing you music change It's freeing to not be caught up in your own personal baggage. Diane Paulus your personal own up I'm sorry, but to ask an audience these days to invest three hours in a show requires your heroine be an understandable and fully rounded character. Diane Paulus your three sorry character I really challenge every actor at the beginning of a process, and I always say, 'I have an idea that I'm going to bring to the table. I hope and expect that you will have an idea and bring it to the table. But the way I really want to work is that together we're going to have a third idea that is better than either of our ideas.' Diane Paulus you hope together work I give so much of myself to my work; I want to be with people who are going to be there with me. Diane Paulus myself me work people I want an audience that will come sitting forward in their seats. Diane Paulus forward will sitting want 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 city me you dance 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 think me different time 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 me moment you time I listen to music, I read scripts, and I know pretty intuitively if I can unlock it in a way. It's actually very liberating when you understand that not everything is for you. Diane Paulus understand you music way
