JULIE ANDREWS · PAUL SCHRADER · JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY · ETGAR KERET · JOY GORMAN WETTELS · CHAYSE IRVIN · MANUEL BILLETER
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Artists, Writers, Visionaries & Educators Share their Stories
How can the arts help us learn to speak the language of the Earth and cultivate our intuitive intelligence? What is the power of mentorship for forging character and creative vision? How can we hold onto our cultural heritage and traditions, while preparing students for the needs of the 21st century?
Emmy & Golden Globe-winning Executive Producer · Director
Tokyo Vice · Six Feet Under · Tales of the City · My So-Called Life
I think all great work comes from the need to say something. And so this is the challenge for young artists and also maybe one of the essential elements that can never be completely taken over by AI because there has to be something you feel has not been said, and you feel an urgent need to say it. In fact, you can't not say it. That need to express is what gives birth to unique expression, which is where all of our visual, performance, and creative arts come from.
Emmy & Golden Globe-winning Executive Producer · Director
Tokyo Vice · Six Feet Under · Tales of the City · My So-Called Life
I think all great work comes from the need to say something. And so this is the challenge for young artists and also maybe one of the essential elements that can never be completely taken over by AI because there has to be something you feel has not been said, and you feel an urgent need to say it. In fact, you can't not say it. That need to express is what gives birth to unique expression, which is where all of our visual, performance, and creative arts come from.
“Taxi Driver, the first script I wrote, it is very much a young man's film. And it's full of, the anger of a young man. And the striking out. And also it's full of the pathology of suicidal glory.”
”Tony Walton, when he was designing the costumes, he said, ‘I think somehow Mary Poppins has a bit of a secret life. She's a bit naughty..’ And it was a great clue for me because that little wicked thing that she has occasionally. And then while doing and thinking and talking to the director, you do form certain things like flying with the feet turned out and the way she walked. I tried to make her walk almost as if she weren't quite touching the ground.”
“I think that the truth of the movie is maybe as true as I could tell the story. What I thought was possible. It's a movie. And in working with actors. I mean, what are we doing when we're doing that?…A story can be true to whatever narrative, but it can be very boring to watch. I think that Willem's performance is probably the best performance he gave in his life.”
