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"What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion."
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"We really never know what we're gonna play when we get on stage."
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"All I ever wanted to do was play the drums; I felt good about myself when I played the drums. So I worked anywhere and everywhere I could lug my drums in."
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"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."
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"Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney."
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"In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues."
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"Want to play baseball?' she asked. Shane's eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. "What?' "First base,' she said. "You're already there.' "I'm not running the bases.' "Well, you could at least steal second.' "Jeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now you've gone and ruined it."
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"I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him."
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"Kids. They're not tin cans or sheetrock. They're laughing machines. Wind them up and watch them go."
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"It was wonderful to play such a part, but I was disappointed with the picture."
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"Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other."
Writer
"I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra."
Acting
"After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes."
Comedy
"Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on."
Money
"In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies."
Movies
"The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them."
Country
"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."
Art
"When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't."
Growing up
"I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and staged."
Want
"I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on."
Choice
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