Colm Wilkinson Quotes

I had lunch with Andrew Lloyd Webber at the end of 2011 because my musical 'Matilda' is in one of the theatres that he owns in London.

My favorite collaborator is Dane Laffrey, who designed the set for 'Once on This Island,' but we've worked together since high school, when he was my roommate.

My aunt Marcia Cope-Hart was in 'Phantom Of the Opera' in San Francisco for quite a few years when I was growing up, so we would go into the city a lot to see her.

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

'On the Twentieth Century' was always something I wanted to do because of Kristin Chenoweth.

I feel very fortunate to have been associated with people such as Rodgers and Hammerstein. I think they were geniuses of their time.

I did see 'Les Miz' and I thought it was just incredible. Totally incredible. I love 'Chicago,' too.

I think Bill Finn's one of the geniuses of theatre, and James Lapine's one of the diamonds of my generation. The two together are a joy!

I wanted to work with Michael Mayer because I'd seen 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' six times.

I sing; I started my career at 9 years old in 'Les Miserables' on Broadway.

I did 'My Fair Lady' for almost 3 1/2 years, eight performances a week. It was a marathon.

It takes a damn village to get a show on Broadway!

I'm convinced whenever something opens on Broadway, it's a miracle. It's a miracle that people survived.

Lots of people are astounded that I was in the first cast of 'Les Miserables.' Possibly because I look so incredibly youthful.

Alan Jay Lerner needed a hit. The Broadway lyricist and librettist was a decade removed from his greatest successes when his partnership with composer Frederick Loewe produced something approaching unholy alchemy.

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

I worked with a lot of leading ladies: Bebe Neuwirth, Anne Rankin, Bernadette Peters, Liza Minnelli. They're all phenomenal talents.

Basically, we had the idea of doing this production of 'Steel Magnolias,' and we spoke to Queen Latifah about it, and she got excited.

On Broadway, you are working with some incredible people, and they have great reasons for doing things the way they do.

Les Mis' was an amazing experience, to be in the original cast of 'Les Miserables,' and 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' God bless it that was fantastic, at the London Palladium the biggest theatre in London the most successful show that has ever been at the London Palladium, that was fantastic.

Even with the success of 'Once,' I can't think about making theater straight for Broadway. Too nerve-racking.

I remember seeing 'Chicago' and 'Legally Blonde' and waiting by the stage door.

I should be on Broadway. You have to sing, you have to dance, you have to speak well, and I'm good at all of those!

I love musical theatre. It's a passion of mine.

I've had such an amazing opportunity to work on so many different types of projects that continued on to Broadway. Unfortunately I didn't always continue on with them. Still, you know, I always had such a great pride in kind of helping the authors and directors create the show.