Patti LuPone Quotes
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The book 'A Reliable Wife' is a slice of American history. It takes a part of American history and tells a story about the purchase of a wife by a Wisconsin businessman. The research of that would have been really interesting.
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Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we're all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.
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A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot.
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What's the difference in opening from scratch in Philly or opening from scratch in New York? The old out-of-town tryout circuit - taking the show pre-Broadway to cities like Boston, New Haven, Philadelphia, Washington - has sort of been replaced with the amount of workshops we do.
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A show is exhausting when it stinks. It's exhausting when you have to work overtime to make something work.
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Let me say I was trained at Juilliard. I have a very high standard. I expect everybody around me to work equally as hard because people pay a lot of money for tickets. They demand the best that we have.
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It's not easy being an actor, and having said that, everybody's an actor. Do you know what I mean? Paris Hilton's an actor, which is kind of scary. But if you want to honor your craft and yourself, strive for the nobler instincts.
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Nothing has ever come easy for me.
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I played the tuba in high school. I wanted to be a member of the marching band. I thought, what can I play that has the most effect? What can I play to get people to laugh?
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My favorite band was The Band, and nobody compares in my mind with The Band.
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I am in musical theatre, but it isn't necessarily what I listen to in my leisure time, do you know what I mean?
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I'd love to do situation comedy - it's the best job in show business.
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I'll tell you what I think in general about people who want to make their Broadway debut that are not trained stage actors. Don't they know, Broadway ain't for sissies? It is a tough gig. You are responsible, physically, mentally, emotionally, for eight shows a week, at the top of your game. It's not easy.
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The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television.
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I just create, that's what I do.
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I wish I could have a recurring role on 'Modern Family'. I think 'Modern Family' is the best comedy on television. It's extremely well written, extremely well acted and directed.
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I think Madonna is a wonderful performer.
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I'm totally Italian, but I'm not a diva. If you could see the way I'm dressed in daily life, that's not a diva. Appearances are so not important to me.
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I learned a long time ago from David Mamet to wipe your feet at the door, get it out on stage and then go about your life.
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I'm sure there are actors out there who work with other actors on a consistent basis - I am not one of them.
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New York seems to be thriving, which I'm grateful for. But I would hope that they would figure out how to negotiate the traffic and limit the pedicabs, because it seems to me that it's becoming a more chaotic city.
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To be nominated was enough, but when I won I the Tony I just felt relief.
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I knew when I was a kid that I had a Broadway voice. I wanted to be a rocker, because I grew up in that era of transistor radios at the beach.
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The word diva to me means doing something supernatural with something natural.