You can't live like a monk if you have two five-year-old twins. That ain't happening. Just the opposite, actually. Scott Ellis More Quotes by Scott Ellis More Quotes From Scott Ellis After raising twins, you get organized. Scott Ellis after get you twins I get to choose the people I work with. Scott Ellis choose get work people The night before 'The Elephant Man' opened, we had a sleepover for 12 kids. Being organized is the key. Scott Ellis elephant being man night Actors are smart. They have to feel safe enough to fall and to get back up. My job is to make sure they don't get hurt. Scott Ellis feel job smart hurt My directing style has changed over the years. I allow things to breathe a lot more. Scott Ellis more things style years I feel that once you go into rehearsal, you need to focus on the show in the room. Scott Ellis feel go you focus 'You Can't Take It With You' has eighteen people onstage at one point. Musicals entail a larger collaboration, and I love that. Scott Ellis you collaboration love people Any director who comes into a revival owes a great deal to the original director. If I know the backbone works, it gives me, as a director, much more freedom to bring something new to it or try something different. Scott Ellis new great me freedom 'On the Twentieth Century' was always something I wanted to do because of Kristin Chenoweth. Scott Ellis something because always wanted The theatre show-biz types don't change much, no matter what era we're in. The question of how you balance being in show business with your personal life isn't very different. Scott Ellis you business change life Casting, to me, is always the same. It's a very important part of a director's job. I pick people that I sense I'd like to be in a room with and will enjoy the rehearsal process with because that's the best part. Scott Ellis best me enjoy people My first time ever on the Tony Awards was in 1984, the year of 'The Rink.' Scott Ellis year awards first-time time I always have to come back to shows to take out the improvements actors have put in. Laughs are addictive, and sometimes they're good laughs, and sometimes they're bad laughs. Scott Ellis bad back good sometimes A bad laugh is a laugh for the sake of a laugh that's out of character. Scott Ellis laugh out bad character The smartest thing a director can do is surround himself with really good people. Scott Ellis director good good-people people Being a twin, and knowing if my twin was gone or lost - that's a part of me. There's no way I could be the same person knowing my brother had passed away. Scott Ellis person me brother way The challenge of a revival is how to bring something fresh. The reward is the opportunity to add different flourishes. You're dealing with different actors, designers and a different time. Scott Ellis challenge you opportunity time As an actor, you don't have control over what you do, whom you work with. Scott Ellis control over you work My acting experience has been a benefit. What I learned from directors is how to listen to and talk with actors. I know how they think and what they need. Scott Ellis need think know experience When you're working on a play like 'Sloane,' that play works; you don't have to worry about that. When you're working on a new play like 'Little Dog,' you have no clue if the play works. You're exploring. Scott Ellis new you dog worry
