Joel Grey Quotes

I'm glad that I'm able to entertain and be a part of people watching shows and enjoying the work.

I have just enough public appreciation to make me happy.

I learned so much from other actors and they definitely didn't treat me like some sex bomb or bimbo. I felt fully accepted in the regular movie world. I didn't feel categorised.

No show would be successful if you took a group of people and just said, 'You're dumb!' over and over. That's not what Broadway's about.

We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy.

I was looking for something to make me happy, and once I realised what I actually had, then I found success.

Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?

I've always felt embraced by the Broadway community even before I felt like I earned it.

What makes me happy is the appreciation of people around me.

Even if I was playing the keyboard in an orchestra, or a radio jockey playing music at an FM station, I would have been the happiest person. So, for me, all this... being a music composer and getting appreciated for my craft... it is a bonus. It is God's gift.

Every show I play is like a little celebration of something in my life that has gone really well.

For me, it is not about being a part of a hit or a flop. Films are about friends, learning, and experiences. Certain films give me happiness.

It feels really grateful, thankful, and happy when your work is appreciated.

Making a film is very gratifying and intoxicating. It does great things to your self-esteem, but pushing people and mentoring them to their full potential is far more fulfilling.

I live art, I respect people, and I've found what I want to do in life - I've found what makes me happy.

And what do you think will happen to you when you find life is just too good to be left alone? You'll start living it.

Number of things happen after I was 50. One, you are hopefully secure in what you want to do - which means that you don't spend a lot of time chewing on your knuckles about your reason for being here.Also, you're at your most beautiful. No woman is ever more beautiful than she is at 50.

I'm still fighting to get the things I want and to do the projects I want to do. I think it will always be a fight or a challenge, but not being in my comfort zone keeps me very excited and happy.

This has been a wonderful life, absolutely terrific. There are very few things that I would go back and do differently, if I had that control.

Being successful is kind of dull.

Women? I'm still working on the subject. I haven't finished my studies. I would say I'm so happy that they're around. This is the salt and pepper of life. This is what makes me wake up in the morning - even more than work, really.

It's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

Be appreciative of what's right with your life. In your gratitude is power to make it even better

My life is so much better, it's so much more enriched if I make the effort, if I actually celebrate with gladitude the fact that I get to be on this gorgeous planet.