Len Cariou Quotes

Canada, Actor
September 30, 1939

Leonard Joseph "Len" Cariou (born September 30, 1939) is a Canadian actor, best known for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd in the original cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, for which he earned a Tony award and for playing the patriarch Henry Reagan, NYPD Police Commissioner (retired), in the multi-generational television series Blue Bloods on CBS.

I didn't have to do paper routes. I'd sing for 5 bucks a crack at weddings and church functions; I'd have four or five on some Saturdays.

Len Cariou
- Church
I grew up in Winnipeg, in the Canadian midwest, the fifth child. It was a great household to grow up in - I was loved to sweet death.

Len Cariou
- Up
- Great
- Death

I was a boy soprano. I had a natural kind of voice and then trained it after my voice changed.

Len Cariou
- Boy
I like to keep busy.

Len Cariou
My mother - the Irish side of the family - was very musical. My mother was a singer; there was music around the house all the time.

Len Cariou
- Time
- Music
- Family
I was an actor for over a year before I ever saw a play.

Len Cariou
It's a joy to work where I live, and come home and sleep in my own bed.

Len Cariou
- Work
- Live
- Home
I pursued a theatre career, and Hollywood came calling.

Len Cariou
- Career
- Theatre

For my first acting job I played the role of Ensign Pulver in 'Mr. Roberts' at the Manitoba Theatre Centre.

Len Cariou
- Job
- Theatre
My mother was a singer, and both of her sisters were singers. There was always music around.

Len Cariou
- Music
- Mother