Best 191 quotes in «broadway quotes» category

Christopher Walken was probably the most experienced dancing partner I've had in movies, because he has the same background as I do. He's from theatre, Broadway and off-Broadway, and we both shared that.

For the record, if you're not a stage actor, climbing onto Broadway and tackling something like David Mamet is not an easy thing to do.

Don't know about a cabaret act right now, would actually prefer a role in a broadway musical.

I always, always meant to be on stage. I only ended up even auditioning for television and movies because I was understudying a Turgenev play on Broadway and was so broke that, when I got a mini-series, I had to take it and was so ashamed because I was such a snob.

I always felt like Broadway was not for me - in terms of ticket price, in terms of what was on there. I never saw myself reflected in the mirror of the Great White Way.

I am a collector of many things, but I particularly love the sterling silver mint julep cups, each engraved with the titles of the Broadway shows in which I appeared.

I am not of the impression that an overwhelming amount Hip Hop artists are super savvy on Broadway and it's goings-on, but who knows.

I am still so proud to have been a part of something that introduced theater to so many people who weren't exposed to it before. We took Broadway and put it in peoples' living rooms once a week for two seasons. People still come up to me in the street and say, 'I never went to theater before I saw "Smash.'" That's the greatest compliment.

I began modeling in N.Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies.

I can tell you that in my modern life I enjoy language. I enjoy words, their meaning, what they sound like to the ear, what they sound like to the listener. I strive to write the perfect sentence in all that I do, and when I write [the] perfect sentence I know it. If I had a second life I'd be a librettist for Broadway musicals.

I did a great show Off-Broadway called Leave It To Beaver Is Dead that was at the Public Theater in New York. It was written by Des McAnuff, who's an illustrious director now, and it starred... Well, I was in it, Mandy Patinkin, Dianne Wiest, Saul Rubinek, and Maury Chaykin. It was an amazing show. But it was definitely ahead of its time, and people didn't quite get it.

I did a Broadway show with Alan Alda and how much money can Alan Alda have.

Id like to do Broadway if the right project came along, but my mission in life is that I want to help change peoples lives.

I always joke around with my parents and say that if Hollywood doesn't work out I'll go to Broadway!

I believe we have to bring Broadway a little Latino flair. We have to keep it alive.

I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.

I did 'Lone Star Love' in 2007 with Randy Quaid, and that was supposed to come to Broadway at the Belasco and a marquee went up and everything... and it all fell apart, and that marquee came right down, and we got severance pay. And, it was very sad.

I'd like to create a role on Broadway. That would really heighten my senses.

I do Broadway because I refuse to succumb to the stereotypical things that Hollywood does to a performer.

I don't go to that many Broadway shows, so I can't really say anything.

I don't like Tommy on Broadway at all. I like the music, I'm pleased with Pete's success but I don't like what they've done to it.

I don't think of myself as a TV actor. I think of myself as a film, television and Off-Off-Off-Off Broadway actor.

I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.

If Broadway shows charge preview prices while the cast is in dress rehearsal, why should restaurants charge full price when their dining room and kitchen staffs are still practicing?

I feel like being on Broadway will convince my mother that my theater degree was worth it.

I feel like I've been dealing with that building over the years because of the Broadway community, so I'm treating it in the same way - I've always tried to keep my personal life private. I didn't get into this business for notoriety or fame. I don't go to places to be seen and that's not going to change.

If, for instance, we'd made the film after the show had been to Broadway, it would have been exactly the same film but we would have been assured that they would have understood it. We didn't have to do any alterations for Broadway. I was supposed to go a fortnight before it opened to alter anything that was necessary and there was nothing really.

If you decide to become a dancer on Broadway, never say who your favorite dance partner is, because members of the media will presume you never want to dance with anybody else.

If you'd ever told me that my Broadway debut would be playing Spider-Man, I would have laughed in your face.

I'd love to do Broadway some day. Before I started doing television I was just a primarily a stage actor, but I haven't done it in a while.

If you were an actor, anybody could go on Broadway and take a George Carlin hour and do it on stage as a one man show. They're all stand alone essays.

I got into a Broadway show before I ever sang and danced. I learned how after I got in the show.

I grew up with 'Cinderella.' So that was my go-to Disney film, definitely. It was princess-related, and coming from a smaller area in Illinois and wanting to do something greater than myself in Broadway, that was a film that I could really relate to.

I had the greatest time on Broadway and made friends I never expected to make!

I have always wanted to be on Broadway, whether on ice or on the boards.

I have felt for a long time that I want to return back to being a singer-songwriter for a period of time. I will go back to Broadway. But I want to make the right choices about why to go back and when I am ready to go back.

I love orchestrating music and conducting and being on Broadway.

I'm an actor. I started as an actor. I started on Broadway doing 'Hair' and Shakespeare in the Park.

I'm blacked than midnight on Broadway and Myrtle

I'm excited to flex my Broadway muscles - it keeps you alive as an actor.

I'm in a play on Broadway, I have an animated TV show coming up, I have a few movies that just came out.

I'd love to do a Broadway show, but I can't because of the style I sing.

I got my first paycheck as a cast member in the Broadway production of 'HAIR' when I was 16 years old.

I have loved 'Les Miz' for so long. It was the first Broadway show I'd ever done.

I hoped, hoped, that maybe I'd be lucky enough to do something on Broadway, in the chorus.

I know, for me, you know, my generation - I never would have known anything about Robert Preston's performance in 'The Music Man' if there hadn't been a film where he played the part. I just heard how great he was on Broadway way before my time.

I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.

I love musicals and I love Broadway.

I love music. I'd love to go on Broadway and do a musical there. I just like to kind of go with whatever's inspiring at the moment, and kind of follow that as far as I can.

I love the Broadway audiences, who relish live drama and don't hesitate to display their enthusiasm.