Hugh Skinner Quotes

The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.

The thing about making a musical is that you can and will be replaceable really quickly.

My interest in acting came from seeing Broadway shows on summer trips to New York as a child. It was the original production of 'A Chorus Line' in an easy tie with the first 10 -15 minutes of Dustin Hoffman in 'Tootsie' that hooked me on the romantic idea that the impossible, difficult life of a struggling actor was for me.

Oh, come off it, I've only directed three plays for the RSC.

Musical theatre is now a worldwide conversation.

Constantly, I've been asked to make a sequel to 'Beckham.' However, I thought a West End show was the proper way to go. Once we made the show, I wanted to make sure that I embraced the West End genre rather than just put the film on stage.

I was the teenage kid growing up in New Jersey watching the Tony Awards and thinking, 'Oh, maybe if I'm lucky I'll make it to Broadway by the time I'm 40!'

Listen - I like musicals. Even when they're bad, there's a couple of dancers I can watch.

My first inspiration for acting came from the first episode of 'Hannah Montana.' That's when I knew I wanted to be a singer and an actress.

You hear about Broadway your whole life, and I learned what it meant to work on Broadway in 'The Phantom of the Opera.'

If actors could actually make a living doing theater, that would be my first choice. Sitcoms are the closest thing to being onstage in front of an audience.

The musicals that I love on stage are generally meant for the stage.

I felt that if I'm serious about acting, I would like people to see me as an actress. It's less of a stretch if I'm singing, unless I'm playing a character who sings.

I do wish somewhere there was a film of our stage production of 'My Fair Lady.'

The first thing I wrote was a one-act play that got accepted at a one-act play festival, and I was in it along with Nathan Lane and a couple of other very good actors.

I wanted to be a Broadway star.

'Miss Saigon' was my first professional show. It was one of the first regional productions of 'Miss Saigon.'

I always wanted to make a living as an actor living in New York. A New York actor. What's better than that?

During the fourth year of college, I heard about auditions for a musical for which I got chosen. There after, I continued acting in plays and improved.

Most theatrical events range in the inaudible. When I went to see 'Mamma Mia,' I thought they were playing it through a megaphone.

I didn't do any designs for 'My Fair Lady.'

In the first 20 years of my acting life, I did not do any acting. All I did was to wear a jersey, dance, lip-sync to songs, and run after girls over mountains and in the snow.

I couldn't be more excited about doing 'Kinky Boots' on Broadway; it's going to be a delicious challenge!

I was in the original cast of 'Sunset Boulevard.' I played Betty. But I wasn't on the cast album.

When you're in a good play and a good production, you find that you're in something that has a life beyond you. You think, 'Oh my goodness, this play's alive.'