If I don't make you work, who will? It builds character.

[Maybe literally, to a Fool.]

[Hearing his own words parroted back to him makes him grin, now, but there's a mischievousness in his eyes that feel like someone holding a valuable thing above one's head, tempting to grab it.]

Sure. I could see that. But! There's a lotta parts behind the stage. The director! The choreographer. The set designer. The guy who makes the costumes! You might have to be more specific.