Broadway Quotes - Page 10

• I grew up in a crazy, gypsy-like household of actors, dancers and loony Broadway people. It was their way of life, and I didn't know anything else.

  James Badge Dale

  Crazy, People, Dancer

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

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• People see a lot of huge stuff on Broadway, but there's always Off-Broadway energy and also shows that you can work in.

  Loretta Devine

  People, Energy, Stuff

  "Emmy Nominee Loretta Devine Reflects on a Divine Career" by Melinda Loewenstein, www.backstage.com. August 19, 2011.

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• When I was on Broadway, people would really just recognize me around the theater. When you're showing up on commercials and posters, the scope of people recognizing you gets a little wider.

  Dan Fogler

  People, Littles, Showing Up

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• But as far as dream roles - I know this is so expected of me, but I would to play Elphaba in 'Wicked' on Broadway. I have a lot of dream roles, but that's like my main one because of the vocal track. I love belting high things!

  Ariana Grande

  Dream, Love Is, Play

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• When you're doing a Broadway show, you have no free time.

  Maggie Grace

  Shows, Broadway Shows, Free Time

  "Maggie Grace on Her Broadway Debut in 'Picnic'". Interview with Faran Krentcil, www.elle.com. JAnuary 18, 2013.

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• I wouldn't mind doing Broadway, but I am definitely trying to get a album out there first.

  Naima Adedapo

  Mind, Trying, Albums

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• When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't.

  Stephen Sondheim

  Growing Up, Growing, Shows

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• There's been so much talk in the news lately about illegal aliens in the workplace. When was the last time an illegal alien stole your job? Oh yeah, that dream job of the Chinese Delivery man pedaling up Broadway delivering Chinese food for 40 cents an hour, or on the back of a landscaping truck with 15 others.

  Greg Giraldo

  Dream, Jobs, Men

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• My real pleasure is that 4 times a week 1,800 people are standing up and shouting on Broadway for an author who died hundreds of years ago.

  Terry Hands

  Real, Years, People

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• People have their own interests and they want to play a certain kind of music. People want to play in orchestras. They want to play on Broadway. Those that want to play traditional jazz and have no interests in the ideas of improvisation. So in spit of the fact that there are fifty violin players, you might only narrow it down to ten and within those ten, there might only be three who have the right kind of background and credentials to deal with what you need to deal with. Everybody's got their own special thing that they are after and a lot of times you don't have time to be training people.

  Henry Threadgill

  Player, Ideas, People

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• I don't consider success doing a show for 30 years; I'm sorry. To me, you're successful when you graduate from something. I did a series, I did a talk show, I did movies, I replaced Mickey Rooney [on Broadway] in "Sugar Babies." You understand?

  Joey Bishop

  Success, Baby, Sorry

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

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• Being away from home was tough, but the challenge and the thrill of being on Broadway was so fulfilling, and I'm thankful to my husband for making it possible and holding it down at home.

  Nicole Ari Parker

  Husband, Home, Challenges

  "Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker – Love Never Looked This Good". Interview with DeWayne Rogers, rollingout.com. August 29, 2012.

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• When I first arrived (in New York), it seemed to me the most terrifying city in the world... all those big buildings. I remember walking on Broadway, looking up at this huge, mountainous place-and being so lonely. But things started to clear up when I met a few people on the street whom I'd met before-all of a sudden there got to be a certain familiarity about the place, and the terror kind of evaporated. There was a lot of playing going on, and the New Yorkers, of course, were a completely different crowd from what I'd known.

  Benny Goodman

  Lonely, New York, Cities

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• The beauty of Broadway is that if I'm 60 or 70 years old, if they'll accept me back, I can go back. So I think for right now I'm going to focus on the music--it's the new baby--and see how it's going to work out, and then maybe in a few years maybe I'll go back.

  Heather Headley

  Baby, Thinking, Years

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• I want to be a recording artist for my whole entire life. But Broadway is something I would come back to at any given moment. I love, love, love doing theater.

  Ariana Grande

  Artist, Want, Moments

  "Life Is Grande: Ariana Grande On Her Debut Album and the Thrill of Hearing Herself on the Radio" by Dan Hyman, www.elle.com. August 22, 2013.

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• Hit songs did not come out of musicals. Pop-rock was creating the hits. There were very few songs that made the charts out of any Broadway musical.

  Stephen Sondheim

  Song, Rocks, Creating

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

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• I went to Hollywood to test for Martha Ivers and I thought I was going to play the part that Van Heflin played.But they wanted me to play the part of Barbara Stanwyck's husband, so I played that. Then when I finished the movie, I went back to Broadway and did another flop.

  Kirk Douglas

  Husband, Play, Hollywood

  "EXCLUSIVE: Kirk Douglas Reflects on an Amazing Career". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. December 8, 2008.

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

  Vicki Sue Robinson

  Years, Hair, Firsts

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• What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'

  Nathan Lane

  Musical, Involved

  "Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, & Nathan Lane Interview - SWING VOTE". Press conference, collider.com. July 29, 2008.

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• A good analogy [Charlie Hebdo] in lots of ways is "South Park" - the hugely popular American cartoon show - and the things that the "South Park" creators have created, like "The Book Of Mormon," the Broadway musical. If I were a devout Mormon, I would be offended by a lot of things that go on in "The Book Of Mormon," right? It mocks mercilessly the pretensions to truth of Mormonism and the pretensions to virtue of Mormon missionaries.

  Adam Gopnik

  Book, Charlie Hebdo, Musical

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Always drawn to the theatric, Bowie also performed in stage productions of "The Elephant Man" and just recently collaborated on "Lazarus," an off-Broadway musical that's a sequel to his 1976 role in the film "The Man Who Fell To Earth."

  David Bowie

  Men, Elephants, Musical

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I learnt a lot from my Broadway experience, it was one of the most challenging things I will probably ever have to do in my entire life, because it was eight shows a week - live singing with really hard choreography - and the spontaneity, you don't know what's going to happen.

  Ariana Grande

  Eight, Challenges, Singing

  "Interview: 2012 must-know - Ariana Grande". Interview with Shahlin Graves, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. February 25,2012.

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• Some of my best friends have written Broadway shows. Allee Willis and Brenda Russell wrote The Color Purple which has been recently revived on Broadway. That to me is such a different hat that you have to wear, but music is music. A Broadway show is something I would love to have the opportunity to do.

  Dave Koz

  Opportunity, Color, Purple

  Interview with Gregg Shapiro, chicago.gopride.com. January 22, 2016.

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• That mental grind is the same, and this show has to be approached with the same mentality. Rest is paramount. Taking care of my voice and making sure I have the right foods in my body is paramount. Making sure I'm doing my technique work and staying in the script is all substantial. Continually pushing myself to find different nuances in the character on a nightly basis. This is definitely boot camp for me all over again, and Broadway in general is a boot camp for all actors.

  Eddie George

  Character, Voice, Technique

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• I'm hoping to do a Broadway musical on the life of Rasputin. He's someone I can definitely identify with.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Musical, Rasputin, I Can

  Interview with David Furnish, www.gq-magazine.co.uk. October 2004.

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