"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?"
"I challenge anyone to have to do this particular task with anything and not have strange empathy for the person they've been putting into their head."
"It does make you think about your own desire for money or need for money. I mean, how much is is regarded as a feasible amount? How much becomes no longer really morally right."
"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."
Revisiting our conversations with six of this year's nominees!
"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."