"I mean, of all the places to do this show, Los Angeles is probably the right place. Just because of it being about a movie director in a movie studio."
"I can't say we're being completely ourselves. We're being our heightened selves because we're on stage in front of an audience. But we are as ourselves as we can be."
"There will always be a place for what we do if we keep the intentions in the right place."
He's not just the resident director, he's played Bonzai on Broadway
"I didn't want to do a reduction. The score is fantastic. I really like the idea of going very small and something that was very fragile."
"It's a drag when you take yourself really terribly serious. I don't live in the past, but I'm grateful for the past."
"That’s what nice to having all these fabulous people who are my friends. I still have them and I will always have them."
Can the performing arts survive the unsteady ground on which they find themselves in 2024?
"I feel proud that he might really approve. I would love it if he would give me notes because his notes are so great."
"I'm hoping the play makes you fall in love with all those old movies and the images they created, but it also explores the detrimental impact that had on the participants in the machine."