Craig Zadan Quotes

A play is not a play until it's performed, and unless it's a one-person play that is acted, directed and designed by the author, many other people will be deeply involved in the complicated process that leads to its performance.

I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.

Really, I'll go anywhere at any time to continue working in theater - it's a passion that I'm thankful I still have. It keeps me creative and on my toes and meeting great people. I can't imagine a better way of working than on a play.

Gosh, I'd like to direct Our Town on stage.

The very first proper play I did was 'Godspell,' and I played the guitar for it, and I had a small part in a high school play. And before that, in sixth grade, I wrote a musical about Noah's ark.

When I got to the reading all the work, I was reduced to being an actor in an experimental play that I'd already written. And I didn't want to be an actor.

One of my fantasies is to produce 'Auntie Mame' as a play.

I'd like to have one of my plays on Broadway.

Alongside the iconic 'South Pacific,' I absolutely loved working on 'Bright Star' with Steve Martin and Edie Brickell.

I would be willing to do any role Duncan Sheik asked me to play.

If I was on Broadway, I would want to do anything Vaudeville or a biopic.

When I was on Broadway, my most recent Broadway show was 'Spring Awakening,' and every night I did a topless scene.

Directing is something I always wanted to do. I started when I was 13 directing scenes in high school and then plays in college with my theatre company.

I made all these great musicals with Judy Garland. It was all about me going into a barn and saying: 'Let's put on a show.' That's what me and Judy did.

Movie-making is serious business. The director and the crew are already under a lot of pressure to give their best to the audience. Therefore, the best part for me as an actor is to act well in the movies and make a jolly atmosphere with the co-stars on the sets.

I never found a professional environment that made the production of plays efficient. Teamwork is demanded, but there are very few teams.

I love working with talented young performers.

I've directed a couple of times in the theater, but I wouldn't make a habit of it because it's too consuming.

What I like about theater is its team work. Theater is also all-time creativity.

I've always been very comfortable in a set environment. All the collaborating going on, seeing how actors work - it all excites me.

Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing.

I'm a performer.

One of the things I really love about TV is this symbiotic relationship you can get between the writers and the actors, and the characters start to come to life because you start to collaborate.

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

You work with stand-up comedians or you work with somebody in theater, you work with somebody from 'Star Search' or 'Survivor' or a kid, it constantly changes how you play with people.