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I learned loudness from working with Lou Reed.

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At the end of the 1960s, I was part of the downtown theatrical movement in New York that was making work in alleyways, garages, gyms, churches, non-traditional spaces. The idea was to get away from the illusion of the conventional theatre. But then I thought, what's wrong with illusion?

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It's important that we have the traditional operas and the repertory, but we should also have something new.

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I collect rocks from all over the world. I have a ring of stones that date to 3500 B.C. It's like a little Stonehenge.

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I usually stay in on Sunday nights. I'm not much of a party person.

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I never studied theatre; I learned it by doing it. If I had studied theatre, I would not be making the kind of theatre I am making.

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As a very young man growing up in Texas, usually I got a shotgun or cowboy boots for Christmas.

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I do still collect chairs.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: October 4th, 1941

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