Michael Cerveris Quotes

United States, Actor
November 6, 1960

Michael Cerveris is an American actor, singer, and guitarist. He has performed in many stage musicals and plays, including several Stephen Sondheim musicals: Assassins, Sweeney Todd, Road Show, and Passion. In 2004, Cerveris won the Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Assassins as John Wilkes Booth. In 2015, he won his second Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical for Fun Home as Bruce Bechdel.

Also known as Singer, Guitarist

I was a big 'X-Files' fan. I always lamented that I never got to be on 'The X-Files'.

Michael Cerveris
- Fans
- Bigs
- Files
I studied voice at Yale with Blake Stern from the music school, and he had me singing German lieder and Italian songs.

Michael Cerveris
- School
- Singing
- Voice

For music, I always just played music myself - and, I had rock bands and wrote songs and put bands together that were loud, but not especially good. That was sort of the place music had in my career.

Michael Cerveris
- Together
- Careers
- Bands
My father is a university professor so when the schools needed a little kid for their productions I was often the kid they used. The first time I was ever on stage was about 2nd grade.

Michael Cerveris
- School
- Needed
- Professors
My life/career is more filled with left-field thrills than I could ever have hoped for.

Michael Cerveris
- Hope
- Careers
- Having
For me, awards are not what I really care about - the work is what I really care about. And, I am especially proud that I was acknowledged for doing work that I was so proud of and that meant a lot to me.

Michael Cerveris
- Proud
- Awards
I'm not one of those actors who's very good at having a list of roles that I want to play someday - which is bad, because I really need to do it. I have people in theaters ask me what I want to do and I don't have an answer!

Michael Cerveris
- Actors
- Answers
- Roles
I do feel pressure. I have always been able to surprise people because they didn't know to expect anything from me. And now people are starting to have expectations.

Michael Cerveris

I've never been good at making smart career decisions or doing the right strategic thing, and yet somehow it's all led me to exactly the kind of career that I would have dreamed of having - if only I'd been smart enough to dream something like that.

Michael Cerveris
- Dream
- Decision
- Careers