Norbert Leo Butz Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“In the play we have the messy he-loves-her, she-loves-him, she-loves-him-too structure, and, to add even more confusion to the mix, the real love story is between the two ladies.”
-- Norbert Leo Butz

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“I hate sitting around a table and talking about what a play might mean. I'm the person who's always like, 'Can we get up on our feet and just do it?”
-- Norbert Leo Butz

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“I have 10 brothers and sisters.”
-- Norbert Leo Butz

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“I make decisions quickly.”
-- Norbert Leo Butz

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“If you are opening a play, a play that's really about something, a play that's really about ideas, you have to find a way to sell that play.”
-- Norbert Leo Butz

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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“If you individualize an audience, it helps up the stakes of your responsibility to that audience.”
-- Norbert Leo Butz

Source : "Norbert Leo Butz and the root of evil". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 27, 2012.

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“It's thrilling to be onstage and to not know, literally, what the next moment is going to bring. To just submit to the not-knowing-ness of it.”
-- Norbert Leo Butz

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“I don't know if Jesus said it in the Bible, but someone said that 'the love of money is the root of all evil,' and I do think there's a correlation between the ambition that a lot of people have, in terms of financial remuneration, and the loss of core values.”
-- Norbert Leo Butz

Source : "Norbert Leo Butz and the root of evil". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 27, 2012.

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“I was in the original cast of 'Wicked', and that got a bad review in 'The New York Times,' and it's the most successful thing that's ever been put onstage.”
-- Norbert Leo Butz

Source : "Norbert Leo Butz And The Root Of Evil". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 27, 2012.

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“Any city may have one period of magnificence, like Boston or New Orleans or San Francisco, but it takes a real one to keep renewing itself until the past is perennially forgotten.”

“There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.”

“I think fiction can help us find everything. You know, I think that in fiction you can say things and in a way be truer than you can be in real life and truer than you can be in non-fiction. There's an accuracy to fiction that people don't really talk about - an emotional accuracy.”

“Of course, the advantage is that, being in this business, you get to learn a lot, experience a lot of new things, and you can become real successful. The disadvantage is, of course the negative media. People may try to manipulate you and control you, and those are the things you have to avoid. But if you maintain strong family values and you believe in God, you can be successful. So, it's been tough, but I've gotten through it because I stuck with my family and my deep belief in God.”

“I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.”

“Tell me not here, it needs not saying, What tune the enchantress plays In aftermaths of soft September Or under blanching mays, For she and I were long acquainted And I knew all her ways.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.142, Delphi Classics

“My downtime tends to resemble my uptime. Weekends are workdays, but toned down. Over the whole weekend, I may have five meetings, as opposed to six on a weekday. I used to play piano for 30 minutes at night, but I had to pull that out of my schedule. I don't have time for nonwork stuff.”

“It's a 360-degree sound experience. Like you're in the middle of the band. A lot of people have the technology to play the format, so why not put it out there. It sounds great.”

“If you want something to play with go find yourself a toy, baby, my time is too expensive and I'm not a little boy.”

“Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books.”

Source : A. Whitney Brown (1991). “The Big Picture: An American Commentary”, Harper Perennial