"I don't think I'm ever going to really process how truly profound all of this is. I don't think anything will ever top that. How could it possibly?"
"When it's done correctly, it's completely rewarding because it's the essence of him and the essence of his work as a choreographer and as a performer. I hope I managed to capture that and put it on the stage."
"What struck me when I just got here was how it was just absolute fun. Now it's not just 'fun' for me anymore. It's trying to do the right thing."
"Let's be honest, men aren't telling those stories and I think that women have been shortchanged. I want to be part of changing that."
"Unlike the movie, the women will not become better women by virtue of this man dressing as a woman. He will become a better person by being surrounded by the women in the piece. "
"I think it's about wanting something so bad and knowing that you've got something in you, but the world doesn't know yet. And damn it, you're not going to stop until the world knows it."
"I've grown to know the music even more deeply. It's a body of work that I hold very close to my own heart. I feel very fortunate to have been able to do it."
"It's about people immediately reaching out and saying how can I help you and how can we connect and how can we get through this together?"
"Most of the theater you love and adore and find intelligent is way ahead of its time. The grace of it is people catch up to it."
"I'm looking at this group of assassins and it's less about the individual acts, but more of who is this collective body of Americans who have to resort to this or feel that they have to resort to this violence to be seen and heard."
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