- Nov 07, 2020
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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who are artists professionally are not artists because they want to be artists; they have to be artists. They're compelled to get that creativity out and to share that with others.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Performing in the theater is a very ethereal profession because you do it once and it goes out into the ether and it goes into people's minds and that's the only place that it ever exists. And it never exists truly; it only exists in the way that people think they remember it. But it's a really powerful way to tell a story and to pass something on.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was preparing 'Kiss Me, Kate,' I did go to the Museum of Broadcasting and watched an old kinescope of Alfred Drake doing the role on a television special. It was interesting, but I didn't feel any need to try to copy him.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Usually, I don't feel comfortable with a character until I've played him before an audience for several performances. It is not until after three months of performing that I learn to discover what I call 'all the nooks and crannies' of the person.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm one of the few lucky actors in the world. I've never waited tables. I never pumped gas. I've always earned a living. I never had to borrow from my parents. I was the first in our family to own a new car.
- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the problem is when people hear 'arts education,' they think, 'I don't want my son to be some painter that's going to be hanging in some museum after he dies. I don't want my daughter to be a struggling artist making no money.' People don't realize it's more than that. It's beautiful. It brings beauty to our lives.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Artists make our lives livable and enjoyable.
- Bye
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first role that I played as a musical - I was 14 years old, and I played Birdie in 'Bye Bye Birdie.' That was an awakening of, 'Wow, I'm good at that. People are responding.' And I hardly knew what I was doing back then, but there was something that people were seeing.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the chairman of the board of the Actor's Fund. It's an incredible organization. It helps anybody that has made their living in the performing arts and entertainment: actors, singers, dancers, film producers, agents, managers, ticket takers, writers, anybody in times of need or crisis.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Astaire was ballroom, basically, and Gene Kelly had such athleticism - that's always what I responded to and what just blew my head open when I watched Gene Kelly's numbers. But, Fred Astaire was just so incredibly inventive and so, so smooth - so smooth.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Honestly, I hate watching myself on TV - I have always hated watching myself and listening to myself.
- Been
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd always been a huge fan of Stephen Schwartz.
- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always like to talk about how important space is. Art is in the spaces. Anybody can sing a note; it takes an artist to sing the spaces. Anybody can paint a brushstroke; it takes an artist to know when not to put the brushstroke.
- First Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time I really had an influence on a show was during 'Ragtime.' It's still the most magical show that I've ever done.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
To take the ugly language out of 'Ragtime' is to sanitize it, and that does it a great disservice.
- Nov 07, 2020