Robert Lepage Quotes

The point of theatre is transformation: to make an extraordinary event out of ordinary material right in front of an audience's eyes. Where the germ of the idea came from is pretty much irrelevant. What matters to every theatre maker I know is speaking clearly to the audience 'right now.'

Theatre is live content, and you can tell if you have worked your audience.

My first concern is that when you go to a show, you should be present. It's much more exciting to put the camera down and lose yourself in it.

It doesn't matter as long as there's interaction between me and the audience. That's why they come.

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

Theatre is the art form of the present: it exists only in the present, and then it's gone.

I'm kind of big on performance in general. I like the sort of entertainment where you can go in and be fully immersed in it.

I love performing in front of an audience and seeing smiles on the kids' faces.

There's nothing like the buzz of live theater. You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding.

Film has become a very passive experience, but with theatre, there is a contract made with the audience, where they participate. That's why my parents' puppet theatre was such a special place - people used their imaginations. It's a muscle that needs using.

Of all the mediums, theatre is the one where you really need to have something to say - because it's just you, the words, and the space.

Theatre, for me, is about providing to the audience a new and exciting experience.

Any actor worth his salt is looking for truth, the core of truth of the particular situation he is portraying, of that play. The playwright, the actors and the audience, that's what we're all there seeking. When it's working, time is destroyed. Sometimes 'Moon,' a play of four hours, would go by in a snap of the fingers.

The more everything gets digitalised, the more precious the live experience of going to the theatre is.

When you come into the theatre, you have to be willing to say, 'We're all here to undergo a communion, to find out what the hell is going on in this world.' If you're not willing to say that, what you get is entertainment instead of art, and poor entertainment at that.

Theatre is a very beautiful and interesting medium because it's a live show, unlike a film - once released, it's gone.

The whole idea of performing before an audience is fun and organic.

I love wrestling, and I love telling a story to the audience.

It's always been about the live show for us. We're having Halloween onstage every night.

I love to perform. I love live shows.

Movies have been great, but theatre is home. I've never been able to compare the two because they are different, special worlds. I'm just lucky to have a place in both.

There is nothing like a live performance. You can look at things on television, and you can look at things on YouTube, but when you get in a room full of people and you say one joke, and everyone's laughing at the same thing, it's a really great experience.

At the end of the day, whether it's on film or on stage or for a crowd of however many at Kenwood House, my job is to make sure people have a good time and come away with a feeling and a story.

I love putting on shows. I absolutely adore it - that's why I've been doing it now for so long.

I love theatre because of the audience. It feels risky. But I love film because it travels to the whole world. To an audience I don't see.