When I was thinking about The Lion King, I said, we have to do what theater does best. What theater does best is to be abstract and not to do literal reality. Julie Taymor abstractkinglion Change image and share on social
It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous. Julie Taymor dangerousexpressfear Change image and share on social
You program music with an image and then people are desensitized. Julie Taymor desensitizeimagemusic Change image and share on social
We took Beowulf, the epic poem in Old English, and put it right together with John Gardner's contemporary retelling. If you bring it into today, we really feel that it has something very fresh to say now. Julie Taymor beowulfbringcontemporary share on social
One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that film does allow me to be more literal. I can go to the real place. I can go to the Coliseum, and I don't have to fake it. Julie Taymor backcoliseumfake Change image and share on social
There is incredible power in the arts to inspire and influence. Julie Taymor artincredibleinfluence Change image and share on social
I am, to be quite honest, sick of hero stories. Julie Taymor herohonestsick Change image and share on social
But I don't think there has ever been anything written on the nature of violent man as deep and as thorough as Shakespeare's Titus. I think it puts all modern movies and modern exploitations of violence to shame. Julie Taymor deepexploitationman share on social
And I just think that to introduce an unknown Shakespeare is thrilling, too - not to do Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet, to do the richer Shakespeare. People will come to this and not know the story. Julie Taymor hamletintroducejuliet Change image and share on social
