Broadway Quotes - Page 2

• 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've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason Bringing something we must learn And we are led to those who help us most to grow If we let them and we help them in return.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Friendship, People, Wicked

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• It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows.

  John Lithgow

  Running, Long, Tough Times

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• The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.

  Bette Davis

  Reason, Broadway Shows

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• I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it.

  Julie Andrews

  Made, Flash, Felt

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• 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.

  Roger Daltrey

  Success, Congratulations, Done

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

  Babyface

  Say Anything, Shows, I Can

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• The only thing I have never done is a Broadway play. I'm not sure I have the discipline necessary to do a Broadway play. I know it holds a fascination for certain actors.

  Bob Newhart

  Play, Discipline, Fascination

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• I did I Love My Wife on Broadway in 1978, and then went into television land. Now things are starting to come together in the way I thought they might when I was a kid.

  Tom Wopat

  Love, Kids, Land

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• Once I found out how much an Off-Off-Broadway actor makes, I was whoring myself out the next day.

  Rob Corddry

  Next Day, Actors, Comedy

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. December 4, 2006.

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• In '75, the year both A Chorus Line and Chicago hit Broadway, my head spun around and I became the ultimate theater queen for life.

  Michael Musto

  Queens, Years, Chicago

  Broadway World Interview, www.broadwayworld.com. July 25, 2003.

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• And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet.

  John Guare

  New York, Cities, Numbers

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• The good thing about Broadway is that you don't have to worry about an airdate. It gets done when it gets done.

  Seth MacFarlane

  Worry, Done, Good Things

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

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• I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found wildly impressive.

  Marvin Hamlisch

  Writing, Berlin, Found

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• There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors... and that is their competitive sense.

  Elia Kazan

  Actors, One Thing

  Elia Kazan (2014). “The Selected Letters of Elia Kazan”, p.73, Vintage

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• My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway.

  Yancy Butler

  Mother, Vegas, Grandfather

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• I did the Broadway album unfortunately in a year when there were no hits.

  Les Baxter

  Years, Albums

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• Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.

  Mel Torme

  Theatre, Chicago, Hollywood

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• So if I keep making mistakes on Broadway or tape or film, producing, directing or acting, I can go along and do it - so long as I'm not investing too much capital in these things.

  Jackie Cooper

  Mistake, Long, Acting

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

  Julia Barr

  Musical, Roles, Recycling

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• We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.

  Will Durant

  Freedom, Looks, Excess

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• I wanted to write for Broadway.

  Cynthia Weil

  Writing, Wanted

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• The Broadway audience is made up of a greater percentage of tourists now. There's not nearly as much variety and danger and challenge in what's being offered.

  John Lithgow

  Challenges, Tourism, Tourists

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• I was in 27 Broadway plays, and three of them got the Pulitzer Prize.

  Dick Van Patten

  Play, Three, Prize

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• Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.

  Julie Andrews

  Singing, Arena, Tough

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