Joel Grey Quotes
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I don't like to bad-mouth other shows, but I was very disturbed after seeing 'Starlight Express.' It had very little to do with musical comedy as I know it. It had to do with sound and spectacle and records and technology and amplification.
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I wasn't sure what it would take to make it in the theater, but despite the struggle, that was all I ever really wanted.
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The fundamental job of the actor is to tell about the human condition, to be a voice for the truest ideas and deepest emotions.
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Satisfying as that 'Cabaret' role was, it is not the only thing I do. But Hollywood is somewhat limited in its perspective about what it is you do or don't do.
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I really didn't feel that my motion picture career was going the way I wanted it to go.
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It can take me forever to choose the right coffee cup in the morning. And it does make a difference!
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I worked with a lot of leading ladies: Bebe Neuwirth, Anne Rankin, Bernadette Peters, Liza Minnelli. They're all phenomenal talents.
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My father was a musician and wanted me to study piano. I had no interest.
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I am concerned about the musical theater, selfishly, because I love it.
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I thought 'The Humans' was a beautiful play.
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I think everything that happens to you becomes a part of what you end up doing and being and standing for.
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Larry Hagman and I are very old friends.
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For me to take a role, I read a script, and I think, 'Wow, I don't know how I'm going to do this, but I want to try.'
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I don't like labels, but if you have to put a label on it, I'm a gay man.