John Benjamin Hickey Quotes

That experience with 'Rent' went by so fast. I was younger. I didn't even really know what opening night was. And now I'm thinking back on the times I went to Broadway as a kid and the excitement I felt... And I'm realizing that I'm actually a part of that, so I'm learning to take it in, 'cause so often I shrug it away.

As I've gotten older and I've watched people in productions, I go to the theater when I go back to London and see friends in Broadway, I think maybe there might come a time here to get back up there and prove oneself. It's just an itch; it's a nagging itch to go back there.

It seems so long ago that I played the part of the Doctor.

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.

I'm a huge fan of actors, and I love when people find moments and a scene works. There's nothing more that I love than to go over to another actor and say, 'Yeah! You just rocked that one, baby!'

I can't imagine not coming back to the theater. It's where I started.

I remember when I was in 'Matilda,' we would have interviews in the day, and then we'd go to a show, and it's just, like, absolutely insane.

What I miss about the theater is the live experience.

I love film because you have the last word. I never get that on stage because you've got to really believe; you've got to get the actors to trust you, and they have to believe in you, and then hopefully they will when you open the show.

To be asked to perform a new 'Talking Head' was beyond any expectation. The matchless brilliance of Alan Bennett's words coupled with the extraordinary wisdom of Nick Hytner's direction made this a thrilling and quite simply unforgettable experience, and I'm enormously grateful.

I did 'Prodigal Son' at Manhattan Theatre Club.

Every actor tries to come to Broadway be it Richard Burton, Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor or Shirley McClain.

I've enjoyed lots of productions, and it's always been down to the actors I've been working with.

I would love to play, perhaps not exactly Mimi in 'Rent,' but someone like her. Perhaps not on Broadway, but I think I feel like a musical is in my future. I sing, although I'm not Whitney Houston up in here. I'm a little bit shy about my singing, but I did it in school at Juilliard.

Guy asked me, 'Scat, what is there left for you to do?' And I said, 'A Broadway play, man!' Can you dig it? That's the only thing I never done. I'd like to say I had.

In theatre, there is a camaraderie that makes you believe you've been working with your co-actor for a long time.

Broadway really inspired me to want to act.

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

My first dream was Broadway.

I had pinned all my hopes on the theater.

Delhi is where I began practising theatre, it is always special to perform in the capital.

If my life was a play, age 35 was my intermission.

I've always had a talent for recognizing when I am in a moment worth being nostalgic for.

The Color Purple received four Tony nominations; the play is highly looked at and it's a must see for everyone. I just want to carry on what Jennifer Hudson has done and help the team get to the finish line.

And your own life while it's happening to you never has any atmosphere until it's a memory.