Joel Grey Quotes
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The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.
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I'm not a great fiction reader. I love history. I love history and philosophy.
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I enjoy Saturday night racing.
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People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
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With any character I have played, there's infinite possibilities for how they might behave, depending on who they are talking to or how they react to things.
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Establishing the rights for gay people to be married would cost the Australian government nothing financially and would gain for you worldwide respect from people like us and, of course, would change lives enormously - the lives of gay people and of their friends and of their families and therefore of Australia as a whole.
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I was an only child, and my mom threw me into some modeling classes to get me out of my shell.
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I always prefer other people's interpretations over my own, so I'm not very quick to make explicit what exactly a song or record is about.
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I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother.
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Our responsibility is to captivate you for however long we've asked for your attention. That said, there is tremendous drama to be gotten from the great, what you would say, heavy issues.
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One of the great things about music is that it has the capability of time travel - you smell a certain smell in the room and it takes you back to your childhood. I feel like music is able to do that, and it happens to me all the time.
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In corporate culture, in sports culture, in the media, we honor those who win at all costs.
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Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like.
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A lot of middle-aged women are children still trying to find their way.
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Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.
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Well, there are other aspects, I still command very good support in the party.
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The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
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When you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not.
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I don't teach my students, I provide the circumstances in which they can learn.
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In the most absolute tranquility or in the midst of tumultuous events, in safety or danger, in innocence or corruption, we are a crowd of others. And this crowd is certainly a blessing for literature.
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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The first ascent of Everest came at a time when humanity needed relief from two world wars. It was a unifying and inspiring event, signifying the drive to reach our greatest potential.
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I love 'Cabaret' and 'George M!' They're both incredible as far as I'm concerned.
