Gerard Butler Quotes

Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there's great truth in the songs, and that's what was so wonderful to find.

I had a great acting teacher in high school. But I didn't like acting because it took too many people to get the job done. You have to talk to too many people and listen to others' opinions. With music, you get a few friends together and just make it.

Glenn Slater is my lyricist who, of the new young lyricists coming along, is the most exciting, I think.

That whole world of musical theater was my first love. It's where I wanted to be when I was three years old.

Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.

I'm not a great guitarist, but I do bits and bobs. I'm mainly a songwriter and a composer. I've done a lot of scoring and some stuff for British pop music that did pretty well, but I've mainly been working on my own stuff with Duncan Sheik.

A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.

I love working with great actors.

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.

You know, there's still a lot of great songwriters out there who hand in songs. And there's a lot of brilliant singers and performers out there who sing other people's words. I enjoy doing both.

I create my own lyrics. I have a great band. I have a drummer from East Berlin.

Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert.

Some people work very closely with a director or a producer on something, and from the get go, they're collaborating. But typically, it's just go in for an audition, do the best you can, and if the phone rings a couple of days after the audition and you get the part, that's great.

I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them.

I didn't think of myself as a singer. I'm an actor who recites words, and sometimes that happens to be on musical notes.

Secretly, I'm in awe of Broadway performers. I would love to perform at that level. I love the exchange with the audience. I love being able to sing and dance to express your emotions and the community and friendships that are formed when working on a theater piece.

I think Christina Aguilera is great; I would love to work with her.

There's still a lot of great songwriters out there who hand in songs. And there's a lot of brilliant singers and performers out there who sing other people's words. I enjoy doing both.

I'd love to collaborate and write a song with Will Gallagher from Oasis. I think he's a great songwriter.

In film, I was surprised when I first saw the movie 'Drive.' I said, 'Oh, God. It sounds great - I love it. Wow, this could be the soundtrack from 'American Gigolo' or 'Cat People.' But I'm surprised that the director would agree with a composer to write that kind of sound.

I'm a devotee of Stephen Sondheim. I think he's a genius.

None of the other guys in the band really sang, so that's when I brought Roy Clark in.

At the age of eight, I auditioned for 'The Sound of Music' and made it through to the third round, where we all stood in a row like the Von Trapp family and had to sing.

I really had a great time working with 'Modest Mouse,' just because of the people. I loved writing songs with Isaac Brock, and Jeremiah Green is probably my favorite musician that I've worked with.

I actually may do a musical next year... not one that I've written; one that I may star in. Plus my concert and other people's work and all of a sudden you've got a very full life.