Having said so much, Wu was quick to stress the following: "Peking opera is already an art form perfect in itself, which I have no intention of trying to 'improve.'
談到這裡，吳興國忽然睜大了眼睛，鄭重其事地強調說：「平劇已經是很完美的戲劇形式，我們無意去『改良』它。