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"In the hands of a great poet, words have ways of affecting us in ways we don't understand."
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"If you say a word against a 'sensitive' person, it will have an immediate effect. In reality, words are simply a 'record' playing."

"The world's most lethal venom is not found on the tongues of serpents, but on the tongues of a disgruntled wife."

"If I told you the words, you wouldn't believe them anyway."

"Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle, and I stopped!"
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"We're self obsessed and mad and stupid - not that other people can't be the same way - but the extremes are kind of honest in some mad way. Anyway, I like them."

"One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality."

"I like to cast actors I admire, one's that are talented. Each one will bring something new to the part. This play has been done thousands of times and now certain characters are too familiar."

"Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports."

"There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them."

"The long version of the play is actually an easier version to follow. In all of the cut versions the intense speeches are cut too close together for the audience and the actors."

"Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves."

"So many plays with magic in them that would be a terrific invitation to an imaginative animation team."
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