Patti LuPone Quotes - Page 2

• It's not easy being an actor, and having said that, everybody's an actor. Do you know what I mean? Paris Hilton's an actor, which is kind of scary. But if you want to honor your craft and yourself, strive for the nobler instincts.

  Patti LuPone

  Mean, Paris, Scary

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• I wish I could have a recurring role on 'Modern Family'. I think 'Modern Family' is the best comedy on television. It's extremely well written, extremely well acted and directed.

  Patti LuPone

  Thinking, Modern Family, Wish

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• My favorite band was The Band, and nobody compares in my mind with The Band.

  Patti LuPone

  Mind, Band, My Favorite

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• All my career, I've said this: Critics and producers think audiences want actors that only present the silhouette and hit the points in the silhouette. What I do is too dangerous.

  Patti LuPone

  Thinking, Careers, Silhouettes

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• What's the difference in opening from scratch in Philly or opening from scratch in New York? The old out-of-town tryout circuit - taking the show pre-Broadway to cities like Boston, New Haven, Philadelphia, Washington - has sort of been replaced with the amount of workshops we do.

  Patti LuPone

  New York, Boston, Cities

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• I knew when I was a kid that I had a Broadway voice. I wanted to be a rocker, because I grew up in that era of transistor radios at the beach.

  Patti LuPone

  Beach, Kids, Voice

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• I'd love to do situation comedy - it's the best job in show business.

  Patti LuPone

  Jobs, Best Job, Comedy

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• The book 'A Reliable Wife' is a slice of American history. It takes a part of American history and tells a story about the purchase of a wife by a Wisconsin businessman. The research of that would have been really interesting.

  Patti LuPone

  Book, Interesting, Wife

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• My favorite composers are the ones that tell the story. I love Wagner. I love Mahler. Prokofiev. The programmatic music. I listen more to classic rock because I don't like the contemporary music very much.

  Patti LuPone

  Rocks, Stories, Mahler

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