Josh Radnor Quotes

I love the process of working on a play. I love rehearsal so much. New York can be so tough, but the community in the theater is so warm and glorious.

Theatre is all about the process and the sense of community that is created. You have weeks of rehearsal, time to explore your character and get to know the other actors. There is opportunity to try off-the-wall ideas, to find layers and nuance over weeks. You become like a second family with your cast.

This is a group playing together and that's the only way, I feel, this play can be successful and moving. I am so lucky to have the people that are in it. When I came here I didn't know who was going to be in the play.

In the theatre, as anyone knows who's even done amateur theatre all their lives, you immediately find a family there. Because you're under stress, you're trying to create something, you're putting on a show, you find brothers and sisters right away.

I love theater. To have the people onstage right there, to be working in concert with other artists, this is a like a school of fish moving together.

The joy for me of television is the sort of family feeling of being involved with an ensemble - the cast and the crew and the director of photography and the guys in the camera truck - and you're all coming together. There's a great feeling when that is a successful unit, a successful family.

I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.

Yeah, I love doing ensemble pieces. You get to meet so many new people and make new friends.

When you're playing the same dirty dozen night after night, the moments that keep it fresh are those when you just let go and trust everyone.

A lot of times, working in stand up, you're by yourself, and so you just have to rely on yourself only... but I like working in an ensemble.

What's great about collaborating is getting to work with wonderful people. That's what theatre is about: other people getting you to give your best, and getting everyone else's best out of them.

What I like about theater is its team work. Theater is also all-time creativity.

I direct with energy. I believe in energy. I think energy is an electric thing in actors. I try to inspire, encourage, and make choices with lots of energy. And truth. I'm big fan of truth and being funny. I like leading 50 people into battle every day.

I just love the process of working with other actors.

The reason why I like theater is because it's a long journey, and no matter what role you play, we are all in it together.

The best sketch shows are from a group of tight-knit people who've worked together for a really long time.

I've always had the same values. Family for me has always been important. When I shoot, everybody comes.

Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.

Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette.

Even great actors shine brighter in the right atmosphere.

Picture-taking is an ensemble art - like theater.

After doing 'Firefly' and moving on, I always wanted to be part of a series again. I love doing films, too, but there's just something special about being part of the team and feeling like you're actually a part of the family, and I always look to re-create that.

I've discovered that Motown and Broadway have a lot in common - a family of wonderfully talented, passionate, hardworking young people, fiercely competitive but also full of love and appreciation for the work, for each other and for the people in the audience.

Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin.

School is something that you learn - reading and writing. Education is what you learn from the family, from the environment, from the community.