I don't want to sound like a heroic woman or to seem full of myself, but I do … - Julie Taymor

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I think [religion] is presumptuous and I think it is silly, because it makes you believe that you are less than what you can be. As long as you can blame everything on some unseen deity, you don’t ever have to be responsible for your own behavior.

Julie Taymor

I don't want to sound like a heroic woman or to seem full of myself, but I do have a core of trust that I'll figure things out and find my way. And if whatever I try is not a good experience, even that is a good experience. If something turns out lousy, it's interesting.

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I love directing Shakespeare on film. It's fantastic that the actors would do exactly the same thing and be true to their part.

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We're really having a problem right now in our culture. I haven't seen one movie lately in which the story and visuals have been equally good.

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I believe that if you really have a strong idea, you can say, "What do you think? Let's see how my idea plays off yours. "

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When I'm working as a director, I might have an idea of my own but I'm also trying to get great ideas out of my actors. Directing is much more psychological - it's a lot like being a general. And you have to be organized. While you're making a film, you have between 2 and 500 people asking you a billion questions.

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Because my parents had given me tremendous respect, trust, and freedom as a child, I knew how to take responsibility for myself. If you're constantly being told "No, don't do that" or "We don't trust you," you can't develop that responsibility.

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