Lynn Nottage Quotes

Broadway is full of crazy people.

There's no people like show people.

When I left New York, not a lot of shows were happening there, but 'Golden Boy' is such a New York show.

The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.

'Broadway' is one of the big American words. It's exciting to be given the chance to rattle around in one of the big words.

There is really nothing like doing a play in New York.

Broadway was very vital back in the '20s. There were probably close to hundreds of productions that opened up through the course of the year and through the course of a Broadway season.

I didn't see any Broadway till I was in my late twenties.

Broadway - the great sluice that washes out the dust of the gold-mines of Gotham.

Broadway isn't a very big career move. There's no money in it and it doesn't mean anything to your career. It's just a nice little jewel in the crown.

I am a Broadway theatre guy... so it was kind of my goal this year to come out to LA for pilot season and expand my horizons

I like entertaining people. I want to make big entertainment.

In New York, there are a lot of plays to see, and I try to see as many as I can.

When my brother and me got into performing in the late '40s and early '50s, it was a sensational opportunity to learn from our elders. Every show we played had a dancer, a comic, a juggler, a singer, an acrobat. I came to appreciate virtuosity in all forms of the business.

Broadway is obviously a dream come true, but audiences everywhere continue to make performing a blast.

I started out years ago as a theater major and got disillusioned with it. It's a rough business.

Being a dancer and a singer gave me some advantage with regards to having a stage presence. I always take my timing from the audience because they are half of my act.

I love stage actors. There's something special about all people who have to do a performance eight shows a week, and musical people, especially, are so much fun.

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

Broadway is a very different kind of place. It's kind of like Nashville in that there's a certain amount of people that are involved, and those people are what run it.

I think coming East and doing something like Broadway would probably be a good career move.

When we were shooting 'Oz,' my wife was doing 'Beauty and the Beast' on Broadway, singing and dancing. It was an interesting dichotomy in our house.

Is it perfect? Absolutely not! But there was an audience for 'Wicked,' and our producers were smart enough to reach that audience.

Show business is all I know, but I love it.

I've got plenty of contacts in Hollywood.