Broadway Quotes - Page 7

• My introduction to acting was through theatre, so I actually saw a couple of Broadway shows that made me want to be an actor.

  Skylar Astin

  Couple, Theatre, Acting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was a weird kid. I shouldve been gay because I listened to a lot of Broadway musicals. I dont know why Im not gay. I listen to a lot of jazz and world music, like African or Cuban music. Something that has vitality to it. A lot of the American stuff just feeds on itself.

  Frank Oz

  Kids, Gay, World

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• The next time The Oregonian runs a misleading headline saying that it's because of bike lanes that people aren't having their streets paved, I want all of you to march down Broadway and occupy The Oregonian!

  Steve Novick

  Running, People, Want

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• My first Broadway show was with Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton. Maureen Stapleton, a legend in the theatre; Elizabeth Taylor, a legend, period.

  Dennis Christopher

  Theatre, Legends, Firsts

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• Broadway is one of the hardest things I've ever done.

  Ashanti

  Done, Hardest, Porch

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• I thought that jealousy was an idea. It isn't. It's a pain. But I didn't feel as they do in a Broadway melodrama. I didn't want to kill anybody. I just wanted to die.

  Floyd Dell

  Pain, Ideas, Justice

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• I would love to be in musical theater and be on Broadway. If someone were to offer me a position to do something like that, I wouldnt pass it down. Im a huge fan of musicals and I really want to do that.

  Michelle Branch

  Musical, Fans, Want

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• I was at the Apollo Theater all the time, skipping school, and I worked in a barbershop. That's how I started with doo-wop. Now I've come full circle. I did all kinds of music. I used to work on Broadway and Tin Pan Alley.

  George Clinton

  School, Circles, Tin Pan Alley

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• I love Broadway. And, I listen to country music, which I think a lot of people find surprising.

  Bryan Clay

  Country, Thinking, People

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• New York was the glamorous town that you only see now in old movies and on Broadway stages. The sky was lit up with dancing neon signs. It was safe to walk out in the streets.

  Art Buchwald

  New York, Sky, Dancing

  Art Buchwald (1993). “Leaving home: a memoir”, Putnam Pub Group

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• And I don't consider Broadway the acropolis of theatrical art. I mean Broadway is commercial - that's what it is. It's expensive seats and a lot of them that have to be filled every night. Off-Broadway and off-off Broadway as far as I'm concerned is in New York the pride of New York theater.

  Tony Kushner

  Art, New York, Mean

  "Pulitzer-winning playwright talks gay marriage, Obama, new play". Interview with Chris Welch, www.cnn.com. June 15, 2009.

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• When we got off the streetcar at Times Square, it was somewhat of a letdown. Newspapers were blowing about the road and pavement, and Broadway looked seedy, like a slovenly woman just out of bed.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Funny, New York, Humorous

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• I was in Jacques Brel Off-Broadway for many years, so I've always been a singing actress, but the songwriting was a complete surprise. I had never written a song in my life. We were on the road with Jacques Brel doing the national tour, and I picked up a guitar one day and I wrote a song.

  Amanda McBroom

  Song, Guitar, Years

  "DIVA TALK: Chatting with Woman of Will's Amanda McBroom, Returning to Piazza and a Wicked Thought". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. August 19, 2005.

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• Broadway is really my life.

  Vanessa L. Williams

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• A young Brit girl with no theatre experience decided to take on an iconic American role on Broadway. Maybe I should have thought that through?

  Emilia Clarke

  Girl, Should Have, Theatre

  "Emilia Clarke: out of the dragon's den". Interview With Emma John, www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2013.

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• I remember telling the agent, 'I don't want to do anything but Broadway.' She was like, 'That's not really possible because there is not that much Broadway. So I'll send you out on TV and stuff like that.'

  Kate Mara

  Agents, Want, Stuff

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

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• People sometimes forget how important #‎ Broadway is as a place for young actors to grow.

  Hunter Parrish

  People, Important, Actors

  Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

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• If you don't go to Broadway, you're a fool. On Broadway, off Broadway, above Broadway, below Broadway, go! Don't tell me there isn't something wonderful playing. If I'm home in New York at night, I'm either at a Broadway or an Off Broadway show. We're in the theater capital of the world, and if you don't get it, you're an idiot.

  Joan Rivers

  New York, Home, Night

  "Joan Rivers on the Allure and Magic of New York City" by Joan Rivers, www.vulture.com. September 4, 2014.

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• Regarding the current Broadway revival of The Music Man, Jay Nordlinger wrote: There will always be those who sniff that the show is "feel good"-but, oh, it feels good to feel good. And the main reason The Music Man feels so good is that it is good-a great American musical.

  Meredith Willson

  Music, Men, Feel Good

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• I'm definitely nervous and excited. I feel like I've been playing off-Broadway, not to say that Boston doesn't have a great theatre district or great theatre, but it's not going to Broadway; it's just a different city.

  Todd English

  Boston, Cities, Theatre

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• Broadway is a definite symbol of New York. It's classic New York.

  Katharine McPhee

  New York, Classic, Symbols

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

  Clay Aiken

  Made, Expected

  "Clay Aiken Remains Steadfast On His New CD". Interview with Brian Scott Lipton, www.theatermania.com. March 27, 2012.

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• Live theater is my favorite of all the mediums that I have worked in, so I have every intention on coming back to Broadway.

  Taye Diggs

  My Favorite, Intention, Theater

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

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• A lot of people now don't know I've been on Broadway.

  Wesley Snipes

  People, Knows

  "Wesley Snipes is Ready To Pay" by Chris Heath, www.gq.com. March 29, 2010.

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• I've had albums out since the 1970s. I was in a musical, 'The Boy Friend,' directed by Ken Russell, and I was on Broadway in 'My One And Only' with Tommy Tune, so I've always been a singer, but I suppose people think of my modelling more.

  Twiggy

  Boys, Thinking, People

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