Broadway Quotes

• Hollywood has its Oscars. Television has its Emmys. Broadway has its Tonys. And advertising has its Clios. And its Andys, Addys, Effies and Obies. And 117 other assorted awards. And those are just the big ones.

  Joanne Lipman

  Business, Awards, Hollywood

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• When a man and a woman see each other and like each other they ought to come together - wham - like a couple of taxis on Broadway, not sit around analyzing each other like two specimens in a bottle.

  Thelma Ritter

  Couple, Men, Two

  "Fictional character: Stella". "Rear Window", 1954.

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• There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Dignity, Stature

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• Broadway has always been a dream of mine.

  Jessica Chastain

  Dream, Mines

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• I would love to be on Broadway!

  Emily Blunt

  "A spot of tea and bit of 'Sunshine' with Emily Blunt". Interview with Jenny Sundel, usatoday30.usatoday.com. April 1, 2009.

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• The movie people would have nothing to do with me until they heard me speak in a Broadway play, then they all wanted to sign me for the silent movies.

  W. C. Fields

  Movie, Play, People

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• I'd studied dance in Chicago every summer and taught it all winter, and I was well-rounded. I wasn't worried about getting a job on Broadway. In fact, I got one the first week.

  Gene Kelly

  Motivational, Dance, Summer

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• People wear shorts to the Broadway theater. There should be a law against that.

  Stanley Tucci

  Law, People, Theater

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• The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them.

  Stephen Sondheim

  Country, Used, Shows

  "Maestro of Broadway". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. July 5, 2005.

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• I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.

  Kate Smith

  Singing, Daydreaming, Bigs

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

  Mae West

  Sassy, Amusing, Stage

  Mae West (1959). “Goodness Had Nothing to Do with it: Autobiography”, Chelsea House

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• Broadway is a main artery of New York life - the hardened artery.

  Walter Winchell

  New York, Arteries, Hardened

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• Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway.

  Ethel Merman

  Very Good, Has Beens

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals

  Ethel Merman

  Stars, Vaudeville, Movie Star

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

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• I was really into dancing, taking six classes a week, and my real dream was to be in a Broadway show.

  Natalie Portman

  Dream, Real, Class

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• The actual cheerleaders in our film are all Broadway dancers.

  Brooke Langton

  Dancer, Cheerleader, Film

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• I've been blessed by doing classic plays on Broadway, which was one of my great dreams forever.

  Michael Emerson

  Dream, Blessed, Play

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

  Robin Cousins

  Athlete, Ice, Boards

  "Cousins Continues to Entertain". Golden Skate Interview, goldenskate.com. December 6, 2003.

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• 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?

  Marian Burros

  Kitchen, Dining, Dresses

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• What a glorious garden of wonders the lights of Broadway would be to anyone lucky enough to be unable to read.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Reading, Garden, Light

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• Being in front of a live audience again. I get that in my concerts but there's nothing like being on Broadway.

  Laura Benanti

  Concerts, Audience, Fronts

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know.

  James Earl Jones

  Trying, Hollywood, Bigs

  "The Voice of Triumph". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 29, 1996.

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• My plan has always been to return to Broadway every 50 years.

  William Shatner

  Years, Return, Plans

  "William Shatner to boldly go back to Broadway" by Matt Trueman, www.theguardian.com. January 12, 2012.

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• I'm writing new songs for a Broadway version of Tarzan, which is very interesting. I think what I learned from the Brother Bear score side of things, I've brought into the new Tarzan songs. Thinking outside just guitar, bass, drums and keyboards.

  Phil Collins

  Song, Brother, Writing

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• My parents were really, really cool about supporting what I wanted to do at a really young age. I think I was about 10 when I caught the bug. They would drive me down to New York if there were auditions. When I was 12, I did this show on Broadway called 'High Society,' so we moved to New York for the run of that.

  Anna Kendrick

  Running, New York, Thinking

  "'Twilight' tuesday: Anna Kendrick says it was 'easy to get googly eyed' at Robert Pattinson". Interview with Larry Carroll, www.mtv.com. October 21, 2008.

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