Patti LuPone Quotes

I would love to do more movies. I'd like to get into some theater, too, if I could, just to learn more. I want to do gritty performances that I'm proud of. It doesn't matter to me if four people see it or millions of people see it, as long as I perform in such a way that people go, 'Wow!'

Not every actor gives their life to do this job. Some just do it as a job. Well, it's my life.

All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.

Giving a good performance, giving it all is what it's all about. I love to perform.

What's the point of doing a brilliant Hedda Gabler in my back garden if no one will ever see it?

The theater has kept me alive, and it's allowed me to work at my craft.

When you dance, it takes a lot of stamina, but it never seemed like work 'cause I was doing something that I so loved doing. It was always a joy. And you know, to have beautiful ballets made specially for you is such an honor. I always said it was better than diamonds.

Music is my life. I love doing it, so I just do it nonstop all day. And with dancing, I wanted to put on a show for people. I don't want to just be sitting there doing nothing, so that's when I started to dance.

Acting should be an end in itself.

I want to do theatre. I love theatre.

I love living on that stage. Without that, I'd die.

Theater will always be a huge part of my life. The high I get from doing theater is not, quite honestly, matched by many things. I like the fact that when you step out on the stage, for that given night, for better or for worse, you are the master of the boards. I love it to death.

I will never leave the theater. My heart is there and I love being on stage eight times a week.

I will never leave the theater. My heart is there, and I love being on stage 8 times a week.

I always envisioned working in film and in theater. Theater and film are not, they're not in any way substitutable. What I love about theater is so different from what I love about film, and I enjoy the craft of both.

I'll tell you what I love about directing: the surprise. You never know what's going to happen with your piece until an audience weighs in.

The stage is my first love.

The stage is my love, it's where I started and where I do my best work.

Every week it's another opportunity to really make that work and figure out how to make it work better. And I love that it's like theater, too, and the audience, and it's so short. It's only 20 minutes. It's like a haiku or something.

I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the - you know, the prize. I was, like, 'Hey, man, I'm going to sing.'

I do my work to the best of my capacity. I don't pick a role looking at its length. I take up a film because I would like to see it.

I can't imagine my life without doing theater.

You may love football, but that doesn't mean you have any business trying to play the sport. It's the same thing with filmmaking... everybody has a great idea for a movie, but do you have the stamina to get good at your craft and deal with how heartbreaking it is?

I really hope that I can continue to do classical theatre - it's something I am really passionate about and I'd love to explore.

I'm passionate about music, and I feel that theatre has an extraordinarily musical ability in the way it operates on the audience.