100+ Broadway Quotes | InspiringQuotes.us

source: "DIVA TALK: Chatting With West End Evita Elena Roger Plus News of Buckley and LuPone". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. July 28, 2006.

topic: Play, Broadway

There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors... and that is their competitive sense.

- Elia Kazan

topic: Actors, Broadway

I would love to be on Broadway!

- Emily Blunt

topic: Broadway

Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway.

- Ethel Merman

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

topic: Broadway, Very Good

I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals

- Ethel Merman

topic: Stars, Broadway, Vaudeville, Broadway Musical

I thought that jealousy was an idea. It isn't. It's a pain. But I didn't feel as they do in a Broadway melodrama. I didn't want to kill anybody. I just wanted to die.

- Floyd Dell

topic: Pain, Ideas, Broadway, Wanted To Die, Melodrama

I was a weird kid. I should've been gay because I listened to a lot of Broadway musicals. I don't know why I'm not gay.

- Frank Oz

topic: Kids, Gay, Broadway, Broadway Musical

My early days in Broadway were all comedies. I never did a straight play on Broadway.

- Gene Hackman

topic: Play, Broadway, Comedy

It became apparent to me really fast that I wasn't going to be able to make a living and pay my bills playing on Broadway.

- Gretchen Wilson

topic: Broadway, Pay, Bills

I would love to do Broadway again.

- Hank Azaria

topic: Broadway

I love the Broadway audiences, who relish live drama and don't hesitate to display their enthusiasm.

- Ian Mckellen

topic: Drama, Broadway, Enthusiasm

I began modeling in N.Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies.

- Ian Ziering

topic: Theatre, Broadway, Modeling

I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know.

- James Earl Jones

source: "The Voice of Triumph". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 29, 1996.

topic: Trying, Hollywood, Broadway, Hollywood Movies

It's better to star in Oshkosh than to starve on Broadway.

- James Gleason

topic: Stars, Broadway

I do Broadway because I refuse to succumb to the stereotypical things that Hollywood does to a performer.

- Jamie Farr

source: Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.

topic: Hollywood, Doe, Broadway

Yes, I have been studying piano since I was six. Classical, jazz, compositional, Broadway, everything. I just love it all.

- Janel Parrish

source: "Skyler Shaye and Janel Parrish Worship at the Alter of the Bratz!". Interview with B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. July 24, 2007.

topic: Piano, Broadway, Six

I started when I was in 'The King and I' when I was on Broadway when I was nine.

- Jenna Ushkowitz

topic: Kings, Broadway, Nine

I hoped, hoped, that maybe I'd be lucky enough to do something on Broadway, in the chorus.

- Jennifer Garner

topic: Lucky, Broadway, Enough

I always, always meant to be on stage. I only ended up even auditioning for television and movies because I was understudying a Turgenev play on Broadway and was so broke that, when I got a mini-series, I had to take it and was so ashamed because I was such a snob.

- Jennifer Garner

topic: Play, Television, Broadway

Broadway has always been a dream of mine.

- Jessica Chastain

topic: Dream, Broadway

The Beatles have a deeper appreciation of all music. There's a humor, there's a Broadway sense, and later on, the Indian stuff came in. The Beatles were always taking in stuff and filtering stuff out to us. There's such a classical sense of arrangement, and their harmonies-what the Beatles did vocally is amazing.

- Jimmy Vivino

topic: Appreciation, Broadway, Stuff

I grew up with Cinderella. So that was my go-to Disney film, definitely. It was princess-related, and coming from a smaller area in Illinois and wanting to do something greater than myself in Broadway, that was a film that I could really relate to.

- Jodi Benson

topic: Princess, Illinois, Broadway

The only thing I haven't done as an actor, other than Thai puppet theater somewhere, is act on a Broadway stage.

- John Larroquette

topic: Actors, Done, Broadway, Thai

Christopher Walken was probably the most experienced dancing partner I've had in movies, because he has the same background as I do. He's from theatre, Broadway and off-Broadway, and we both shared that.

- John Travolta

topic: Dancing, Theatre, Broadway

Don't know about a cabaret act right now, would actually prefer a role in a broadway musical.

- Julia Barr

topic: Musical, Roles, Broadway, Cabaret, Broadway Musical

I did 'Lone Star Love' in 2007 with Randy Quaid, and that was supposed to come to Broadway at the Belasco and a marquee went up and everything... and it all fell apart, and that marquee came right down, and we got severance pay. And, it was very sad.

- Kara Lindsay

source: "Diva Talk: Chatting With Newsies Star Kara Lindsay". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. September 30, 2011.

topic: Stars, Broadway, Down And, Randy, Quaid

I remember telling the agent, 'I don't want to do anything but Broadway.' She was like, 'That's not really possible because there is not that much Broadway. So I'll send you out on TV and stuff like that.'

- Kate Mara

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

topic: Agents, Broadway, Want

I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.

- Kate Smith

topic: Singing, Broadway, Daydreaming

Like Broadway, the novel, and G-d, feminism has been declared dead many times

- Katha Pollitt

topic: Feminism, Broadway, Novel

Broadway is a definite symbol of New York. It's classic New York.

- Katharine McPhee

topic: New York, Broadway, Classic

I sing a mixture of everything from opera, folk music, Broadway. It's a mix of things.

- Katherine Jenkins

topic: Mixtures, Broadway, Opera

I always felt like Broadway was not for me - in terms of ticket price, in terms of what was on there. I never saw myself reflected in the mirror of the Great White Way.

- Katori Hall

topic: Mirrors, White, Broadway

It's always a thrill to walk through a Broadway stage door.

- Kelly Bishop

topic: Doors, Thrill, Broadway

I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.

- Lance Bass

topic: Broadway, Want, Toys, Broadway Shows

I want to do a big Broadway musical, at some point. I would love to do that. To do something there would be super-cool.

- Lara Pulver

source: "Lara Pulver Talks Season Two of SHERLOCK, Making Her American TV Debut on TRUE BLOOD, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 3, 2012.

topic: Musical, Would Be, Broadway, Super Cool, Broadway Musical

The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even like to talk about it. I can't bear musicals.

- Laurie Anderson

topic: Hate, Broadway, Stuff, Broadway Musical

I have loved 'Les Miz' for so long. It was the first Broadway show I'd ever done.

- Lea Michele

topic: Long, Done, Broadway, Les Miz, Broadway Shows

When I wasn't working on Broadway, I worked in a Bat Mitzvah dress shop and was the Cinderella of the shop - always cleaning and vacuuming!

- Lea Michele

topic: Broadway, Bats, Dresses

I worked consistently on Broadway from when I was 8 years old through 'Spring Awakening,' which I left in 2008.

- Lea Michele

topic: Spring, Years, Broadway, Spring Awakening

I did the Broadway album unfortunately in a year when there were no hits.

- Les Baxter

topic: Years, Albums, Broadway

People see a lot of huge stuff on Broadway, but there's always Off-Broadway energy and also shows that you can work in.

- Loretta Devine

source: "Emmy Nominee Loretta Devine Reflects on a Divine Career" by Melinda Loewenstein, www.backstage.com. August 19, 2011.

topic: People, Energy, Broadway

I was repeatedly told that there isn't an African American woman who can open a show on Broadway. I said, 'Well, how do we know? How do we know if we don't do it?' I said, 'I think you're wrong.'

- Lynn Nottage

topic: Thinking, African American, Broadway

When you're doing a Broadway show, you have no free time.

- Maggie Grace

source: "Maggie Grace on Her Broadway Debut in 'Picnic'". Interview with Faran Krentcil, www.elle.com. JAnuary 18, 2013.

topic: Broadway, Shows, Broadway Shows

I've just been more interested in doing film right now and I don't want to go away from my family for six months, which was what I would have had to have done if I did the play on Broadway.

- Mark Ruffalo

topic: Play, Going Away, Broadway, Want To Go Away

The fact that ticket prices are way too expensive, and there's only one bunch of people going to see Broadway shows, is something I've never liked.

- Martin McDonagh

topic: People, Broadway, Facts, Broadway Shows

Maybe I'm old-fashioned. But I remember the beauty and thrill of being moved by Broadway musicals - particularly the endings of shows.

- Marvin Hamlisch

source: Associated Press, www.theguardian.com. 1986.

topic: Thrill, Broadway, Remember, Broadway Musical

I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found wildly impressive.

- Marvin Hamlisch

topic: Writing, Broadway, Berlin, Gershwin, Broadway Musical

Michael has never cried during a Broadway show. Except in that scene where Tarzan's ape father is brutally murdered. And that was only because he was laughing so hard.

- Meg Cabot

topic: Father, Laughing, Broadway, Broadway Shows, Laughing So Hard

I am still so proud to have been a part of something that introduced theater to so many people who weren't exposed to it before. We took Broadway and put it in peoples' living rooms once a week for two seasons. People still come up to me in the street and say, 'I never went to theater before I saw "Smash.'" That's the greatest compliment.

- Megan Hilty

source: "Megan Hilty on motherhood, ‘Smash’ and returning to Broadway". Interview with Mark Kennedy, www.apnews.com. May 21, 2015.

topic: Two, People, Broadway

Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.

- Mel Torme

topic: Theatre, Broadway, Radio, Hub

Broadway is like a club I haven't been invited to, and I'm hoping that maybe they will give me a guest pass one of these days.

- Merritt Wever

source: "Merritt Wever: ‘Nurse’ Zoey May Have Secrets of Her Own". Interview with Jackie Strause, pagesix.com. July 31, 2009.

topic: Giving, Guests, Broadway

In '75, the year both A Chorus Line and Chicago hit Broadway, my head spun around and I became the ultimate theater queen for life.

- Michael Musto

source: Broadway World Interview, www.broadwayworld.com. July 25, 2003.

topic: Queens, Years, Broadway, Spun, Chorus Line

I would love to be in musical theater and be on Broadway. If someone were to offer me a position to do something like that, I wouldnt pass it down. Im a huge fan of musicals and I really want to do that.

- Michelle Branch

topic: Musical, Broadway, Want

I'm blacked than midnight on Broadway and Myrtle

- Mos Def

topic: Rap, Broadway, Midnight, Myrtle

I'm in a play on Broadway, I have an animated TV show coming up, I have a few movies that just came out.

- Neil Patrick Harris

topic: Tv Shows, Play, Broadway

Ive been to London twice. I saw the Broadway show Billy Elliot there - phenomenal. I was crying through the entire thing.

- Olesya Rulin

topic: Broadway, London, Saws, Billy Elliot, Broadway Shows

I made my Broadway debut in the revival of Hair and followed it up with the bus and truck tour of Grease.

- Peter Gallagher

topic: Hair, Grease, Broadway, Debut

I went to the Paradise Restaurant on 49th Street and Broadway which was where they were playing, and I sat in.

- Ray Conniff

topic: Broadway, Paradise, Restaurants

Broadway has the most savvy audience anywhere. They see everything and they know their theater. As sophisticated and subtle as you think you can be, the houses you get here will want something finer.

- Richard Griffiths

topic: Thinking, House, Broadway

I'd love to do something on Broadway. I'd love to spend some time in New York.

- Richard Madden

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

topic: New York, Broadway

I believe we have to bring Broadway a little Latino flair. We have to keep it alive.

- Ricky Martin

topic: Believe, Alive, Broadway

Once I found out how much an Off-Off-Broadway actor makes, I was whoring myself out the next day.

- Rob Corddry

source: Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. December 4, 2006.

topic: Broadway, Next, Actors

I have always wanted to be on Broadway, whether on ice or on the boards.

- Robin Cousins

source: "Cousins Continues to Entertain". Golden Skate Interview, goldenskate.com. December 6, 2003.

topic: Athlete, Ice, Broadway

Even when I did my Broadway show, I did 15 minutes no one had seen before, because that was the night that Michael Jackson protested about Al Sharpton bailing on him. I said, "Wow, if that man bails on you, this must be really a lost cause."

- Robin Williams

topic: Night, Men, Broadway, Lost Cause, Broadway Shows

There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.

- Sammy Davis, Jr.

topic: Broadway, Dignity

The good thing about Broadway is that you don't have to worry about an airdate. It gets done when it gets done.

- Seth MacFarlane

topic: Worry, Done, Broadway

People wear shorts to the Broadway theater. There should be a law against that.

- Stanley Tucci

topic: Law, People, Broadway, Shorts

This film Phantom takes everything that's wrong with Broadway and puts it on the big screen in a gaudy splat.

- Stephanie Zacharek

topic: Phantoms, Broadway, Film

All I ever wanted to do was be on Broadway. I mean, remember, I grew up in a trailer.

- Steve Kazee

topic: Mean, Broadway, Remember

The next time The Oregonian runs a misleading headline saying that it's because of bike lanes that people aren't having their streets paved, I want all of you to march down Broadway and occupy The Oregonian!

- Steve Novick

topic: Running, People, Broadway

Live theater is my favorite of all the mediums that I have worked in, so I have every intention on coming back to Broadway.

- Taye Diggs

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

topic: Broadway, My Favorite, Intention, Live Theater

I thought that I'd always just do Broadway, my original plan, but that was derailed.

- Toni Trucks

topic: Broadway, Plans

I have felt for a long time that I want to return back to being a singer-songwriter for a period of time. I will go back to Broadway. But I want to make the right choices about why to go back and when I am ready to go back.

- Tony Vincent

topic: Long, Choices, Broadway, Make The Right Choice, Right Choices

Broadway is really my life.

- Vanessa L. Williams

topic: Broadway

Broadway is a main artery of New York life - the hardened artery.

- Walter Winchell

topic: New York, Broadway, Arteries, Hardened

A lot of people now don't know I've been on Broadway.

- Wesley Snipes

topic: People, Broadway

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.

- Will Durant

topic: Freedom, Broadway, Looks, 42nd Street

If you have something important to say, Broadway and New York are great places to say it.

- Yakov Smirnoff

topic: New York, Important, Broadway

I started in the music business I was first introduced to 1650 Broadway, uh, which was in reality where everything happened in the '60s.

- Al Kooper

topic: Reality, Broadway, Firsts

I represent where them killers at 145th and Broadway you get your head cracked

- Cam'ron

source: Song: Bout it Bout it... Part III

topic: Rap, Killers, Broadway

I think there is an evolving art taking place on Broadway.

- Hugh Panaro

source: Interview with Pati Buehler, www.broadwayworld.com. June 18, 2008.

topic: Art, Thinking, Broadway

I remember when I was doing The Crucible on Broadway with Laura Linney, and Arthur Miller had been in rehearsal with us and was on stage on opening night. She turned to me during the curtain call and said, Lets make sure we remember this.

- John Benjamin Hickey

topic: Night, Crucible, Broadway, Opening Night, Laura

The Broadway schedule is so tough, so relentless there was almost no time to enjoy all the stuff.

- John Cariani

source: "It's ALMOST, MAINE for John Cariani!!!". Interview with TJ Fitzgerald, www.broadwayworld.com. January 4, 2006.

topic: Schedules, Broadway, Stuff

I'm kind of happy to know there may be some kid or teenager now who might never have had the chance to see my Broadway performance, but gets a taste for what it might have been like now, because they can see Clint Eastwood's film."

- John Lloyd Young

source: Source: www.npr.org

topic: Teenager, Kids, Broadway

I know, for me, you know, my generation - I never would have known anything about Robert Preston's performance in 'The Music Man' if there hadn't been a film where he played the part. I just heard how great he was on Broadway way before my time.

- John Lloyd Young

source: Source: www.npr.org

topic: Men, Generations, Broadway, My Generation, Music Man

'Tommy' was the first show I ever saw on Broadway. I was 14. It wasn't 'the show' that started that flame in me or anything, but it did excite me in a way no other show had. I'd never seen a show so brilliantly cast and directed.

- Josh Young

topic: Flames, Broadway, Saws

When I talk to young people who want to go to Broadway or whatever, I say, "The highs are very high and the lows are very low and then there is a lot in between."

- Liz Callaway

topic: People, Broadway, Want

I started my career off replacing Rita Moreno in a Broadway show.

- Patricia Mauceri

topic: Careers, Broadway, Shows

It still feels like Hip Hop is in the early '80s on Broadway.

- Rafael Casal

topic: Hip Hop, Broadway, Hips

I am not of the impression that an overwhelming amount Hip Hop artists are super savvy on Broadway and it's goings-on, but who knows.

- Rafael Casal

topic: Artist, Hip Hop, Broadway, Hip Hop Artist

I'm inordinately proud of Smash, on so many levels. The complexity of producing that show, every week, is just incredible. As a television producer and as a Broadway producer, which I once was, I am in awe of what we can do on that show, every week.

- Robert Greenblatt

topic: Television, Levels, Broadway

There's something about being a part of Broadway and going backstage. You know, like when I go to see a show now and going backstage and saying "Hi" to the cast. It's so thrilling. It's so beyond my wildest dreams from when I was a kid.

- Rosie O'Donnell

topic: Dream, Kids, Broadway, Saying Hi

I got my first paycheck as a cast member in the Broadway production of 'HAIR' when I was 16 years old.

- Vicki Sue Robinson

topic: Years, Hair, Broadway, Cast Members

I would love to do Evita or Elphaba in Wicked. But I am more excited to originate a role on Broadway.

- Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer

topic: Wicked, Roles, Broadway, Elphaba, Evita

I remember the first time I saw a Broadway show and how excited I was. That really fuels me and for some, it's the first time they have seen Aladdin.

- Adam Jacobs

topic: Fuel, Broadway, Saws, Broadway Shows

The only thing I've ever wanted to do in my entire life is to be on Broadway.

- Audra McDonald

source: "The 58th Annual Tony Awards". TV Special, www.imdb.com. June 06, 2004.

topic: Broadway, Life Is, Wanted

It's a dream for all writers to write for Broadway.

- Richard M. Sherman

topic: Dream, Writing, Broadway

I'm not going to choose between classical, Broadway or pop. I would love to stay where I am now - a mix of everything.

- Jackie Evancho

topic: Broadway, Pops

I'd love to do a Broadway show, but I can't because of the style I sing.

- Jackie Evancho

topic: Style, Broadway, Shows

Our contention has always been that Shakespeare is our greatest living author. If he can survive a season on Broadway, he must be.

- Terry Hands

topic: Broadway, Contention, Seasons

I grew up with 'Cinderella.' So that was my go-to Disney film, definitely. It was princess-related, and coming from a smaller area in Illinois and wanting to do something greater than myself in Broadway, that was a film that I could really relate to.

- Jodi Benson

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

topic: Princess, Illinois, Broadway, Disney Film

Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.

- Kate Fleetwood

topic: Humble, Broadway, Nominations, Humble Beginnings

To be a success as a Broadway composer, you must be Jewish or gay. I'm both.

- Leonard Bernstein

topic: Gay, Broadway, Composer

I feel like I've been dealing with that building over the years because of the Broadway community, so I'm treating it in the same way - I've always tried to keep my personal life private. I didn't get into this business for notoriety or fame. I don't go to places to be seen and that's not going to change.

- Aaron Tveit

source: Source: www.etonline.com

topic: Years, Community, Broadway, Notoriety

This film "Phantom" takes everything that's wrong with Broadway and puts it on the big screen in a gaudy splat.

- Stephanie Zacharek

source: "The Phantom of the Opera" by Stephanie Zacharek, www.salon.com. December 23, 2004.

topic: Broadway, Phantoms, Film, Gaudy

The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them.

- Stephen Sondheim

source: "Maestro of Broadway". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. July 5, 2005.

topic: Country, Broadway, Used, Dumbing Down, Broadway Shows

Everyone would like to be on Broadway, cause if a show works, you make a great deal of money and it allows you to write other shows.

- Stephen Sondheim

source: "Maestro of Broadway". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. July 5, 2005.

topic: Writing, Broadway, Causes

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't.

- Stephen Sondheim

topic: Growing Up, Growing, Broadway

If, for instance, we'd made the film after the show had been to Broadway, it would have been exactly the same film but we would have been assured that they would have understood it. We didn't have to do any alterations for Broadway. I was supposed to go a fortnight before it opened to alter anything that was necessary and there was nothing really.

- Alan Bennett

source: Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

topic: Broadway, Film, Made, Alterations, Fortnight

I'm extraordinarily honored and proud when I am told that I am part of the Broadway community and part of the Broadway family. Because, Broadway is a family. And it doesn't matter if you did one show or if you did fifty shows.

- Lorna Luft

source: Source: www.broadwayworld.com

topic: Community, Broadway, Fifty

Trey Parker did 'Book of Mormon.' It's the best Broadway show I've ever seen. He does 'South Park.' It's wonderful.

- Penn Jillette

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

topic: Book, Doe, Broadway, Broadway Shows

You could drive a rental car until you don't want it. Just get out of it while it's moving and just walk away. No, I don't feel like being in that car any longer. Just call Hertz. Hi, your car is drifting into the intersection of 28th and Broadway, if you're interested. It's now your problem.

- Louis C. K.

topic: Moving, Car, Broadway, Car Rental

This power that I'm supposed to have over women was never noticed when I was a stage actor on Broadway. I don't know when I got it. And by God, I can't explain it.

- Clark Gable

topic: Stage Actors, Broadway, Knows

Since nobody upstages Rudolph Giuliani, his will be a Broadway-class show, perhaps his final bravura performance before November 2000, when he hopes to be turned out of the mayor's office by virtue of his election to the United States Senate.

- Gail Sheehy

source: "When Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani Did Battle for a Senate Seat" by Gail Sheehy, www.vanityfair.com. June 2000.

topic: Class, Office, Broadway, Rudolph

I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.

- Mae West

source: Mae West (1959). “Goodness Had Nothing to Do with it: Autobiography”, Chelsea House

topic: Sassy, Broadway, Amusing, Courtroom

I feel like being on Broadway will convince my mother that my theater degree was worth it.

- Alton Brown

source: "Why you should definitely not cuddle Alton Brown". Interview with Joe Dziemianowicz, www.nydailynews.com. November 21, 2016.

topic: Mother, Degrees, Broadway

I would like to initiate an initiative - the Broadway Annoying Audience Member Relocation Programme.

- Daniel Radcliffe

topic: Broadway, Annoying, Initiative

A dilettantism in nature is barren and unworthy. A fop of fields is no better than his brother on Broadway.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

source: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.509, Рипол Классик

topic: Brother, Broadway, Fields

Broadway is not just the song and the shows; it's the individual performers and the community.

- Darren Criss

source: "Inside Darren Criss' Plan to Create an Annual Music Festival With Broadway Performers". Interview with Ashley Lee, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 26, 2015.

topic: Song, Community, Broadway

I want to be a recording artist for my whole entire life. But Broadway is something I would come back to at any given moment. I love, love, love doing theater.

- Ariana Grande

source: "Life Is Grande: Ariana Grande On Her Debut Album and the Thrill of Hearing Herself on the Radio" by Dan Hyman, www.elle.com. August 22, 2013.

topic: Artist, Broadway, Want

Broadway, I have to memorize everything. You get one time to do it right.

- Toni Braxton

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

topic: Broadway, One Time

To play Cleopatra on Broadway would just be incredible.

- Gugu Mbatha-Raw

source: Source: www.moviesonline.ca

topic: Play, Broadway, Incredibles

I was occasionally getting calls for some things. But I would say, 22 to 29 was a lot of scuffling. Hoping to get called for bad wedding gigs and I did do an off-Broadway show for about 15 months.

- Jon Gordon

topic: Broadway, Gigs, Months, Broadway Shows

Nathan Lane's Bus of Broadway Fun will be leaving shortly.

- Jon Stewart

topic: Fun, Leaving, Broadway

I love orchestrating music and conducting and being on Broadway.

- Harry Connick, Jr.

source: Source: www.patheos.com

topic: Broadway, Conducting

I'm an actor. I started as an actor. I started on Broadway doing 'Hair' and Shakespeare in the Park.

- Meat Loaf

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

topic: Hair, Actors, Broadway

I've been in this business 25 years. I've been eking out a living doing Broadway, off-Broadway... I've seen the unemployment line a lot.

- Viola Davis

source: Source: www.usatoday.com

topic: Years, Unemployment, Broadway

I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it.

- Julie Andrews

topic: Broadway, Made, Flash

Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.

- Julie Andrews

topic: Singing, Broadway, Arena

I don't like Tommy on Broadway at all. I like the music, I'm pleased with Pete's success but I don't like what they've done to it.

- Roger Daltrey

topic: Success, Congratulations, Broadway

I probably did a dozen plays, like Off-Off-Broadway stuff.

- Mickey Rourke

source: Interview with Christopher Walken, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 16, 2009.

topic: Play, Dozen, Broadway

If you decide to become a dancer on Broadway, never say who your favorite dance partner is, because members of the media will presume you never want to dance with anybody else.

- Bill Nye

source: Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. November 5, 2014.

topic: Media, Dancer, Broadway, Dance Partner

It came up after doing St. Jimmy on Broadway for American Idiot. I loved acting, and so I just kept my options open.

- Billie Joe Armstrong

source: Source: collider.com

topic: Acting, Broadway, Idiot

We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we'll see what happens.

- Billie Joe Armstrong

source: "Billie Joe Armstrong and Lee Kirk on Ordinary World, Jamming With Fred Armisen, and Turning 40". Interview with Dee Lockett, www.vulture.com. Ocotber 16, 2016.

topic: Hbo, Broadway, Directors, Mayer

I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn't want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.

- Billie Joe Armstrong

source: Source: www.vulture.com

topic: Acting, Bugs, Broadway

Being on Broadway is the modern equivalent of being a monk. I sleep a lot, eat a lot, and rest a lot.

- Hugh Jackman

source: FaceBook post by Hugh Jackman from Nov 21, 2012

topic: Sleep, Broadway, Monk

'One Night Only,' the words I'll be hearing from my agents when I tell them I'm coming back to Broadway.

- Hugh Jackman

source: "The 58th Annual Tony Awards". www.imdb.com. 2004.