Michael Gracey Quotes

The biggest myth I'd like to bust isn't about me - it's about musicals. So many people dismiss the entire art form through highbrow snobbery, but I think a lot of those people would be suprised if they actually saw some.

I've seen nearly every Encores! show. I love the second acts so much because you just see desperation and inspiration in equal measure.

I love working in front of American crowds.

The great times are when you put a game on location and see others play it for the first time. After all, we are really kind of an entertainer. You perform for the joy of the audience.

I have rarely met a musical I haven't liked.

I am a performer; that's what I like to do.

My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.

I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.

My home is at the WWE. I truly do love performing. The atmosphere here isn't like anything else. It's truly where I belong.

I've seen a lot of 'Show Boats,' but I've never seen the one that thoroughly satisfies me.

I'm a total performer.

I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing.

The musical is the one area of the theater that can give you the biggest buzz of all.

I saw Tina Turner do 'Proud Mary' on TV, and it was so electrifying and such a unique experience. I remember crying out of excitement, and I knew that I wanted to be a performer and make people feel excited and moved, and that's why I gravitated towards it.

There's nothing like walking out and watching the people get turned on. Nothing in the world could replace it.

Acting on stage is still my favorite thing to do. And everyone who's been in musicals knows that there is nothing more fun.

On stage, we just want to generate hysteria. We don't care about looking cool or posing.

The stage show is, in some sense, highly theatrical. It's definitely not just a band in jeans playing rock and roll.

Performing live is the greatest high in the world. That's why I do what I do.

'Tommy' was the first show I ever saw on Broadway. I was 14. It wasn't 'the show' that started that flame in me or anything, but it did excite me in a way no other show had. I'd never seen a show so brilliantly cast and directed.

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

There's nothing like the buzz of live theater. You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding.

I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.

I love musicals. I grew up on musicals.

Most of the musicals I go to I simply don't enjoy, so I don't go to them unless a number of people I trust say I have to.