After I won the Tony Award, the film floodgates opened, so I was like a kid in a candy store.
I was thrilled to win a Tony in 2005 for 'Spamalot'.
I got to Broadway a year after I came to New York. I starred in 'Butterflies Are Free' and got a Tony for it. Right out of the gate. Maybe that's why I wasn't very gracious about it. I wasn't driven. And right after 'Butterflies Are Free', I got married and then started a family. I always wanted that.
Sometimes I say to myself, 'Oh, I wish I could win a Tony Award', although I'm not that bothered.
A few years ago, I won a Tony for Little Me and I learned two important lessons from that experience. 1. Fair-weather friends are so much more interesting to be around and 2. It's amazing what this award fetches on E-Bay.
I have an awards cabinet in my studio where I keep my eight Oscars, my 11 Grammys, my seven Golden Globes, and my Tony Award.
I would like to have won a Tony, I guess, because I have always thought of myself as a theater person. But I've won my share of awards, so I don't worry about it.
B. D. Wong is one of my favorite actors.
The road's a tough life, but I said 'yes,' because as a kid growing up in Ohio, I never had a chance to see a Tony-winning actress in a role she won the Tony for.
Jerry Orbach is just phenomenal. He is genius, so present.
When I won the Tony, I blacked out. I don't remember anything. I had bullet points jotted down, but I forgot to read half of them. My hands were shaking. It was an insane honor to be recognized in that way.
To be nominated was enough, but when I won I the Tony I just felt relief.
I admire 'Urinetown.'
I have a Tony Award now. It hasn't changed too much in the theater world, but it gives me entree for film stuff and TV stuff, where people will see me more easily now because they know me.
The fact that I even get in Broadway shows is, to me, still amazing, but then to win a Tony was just incredible.
I got nominated for a Tony, which was a complete surprise. It was an experience that I will always cherish.
When I get older, if they ever do a project about Audra McDonald's life, I would love to play her, or even play her daughter in something. I love her.
David Mamet we all know is a great screenplay writer and playwright and a great director. If you like him, you like him. If you hate him, you really hate him. He's someone who's into controversy, you know what I mean? That's David Mamet.
When 'Newsies' first came out, it just crash-landed with a thud; it won a Razzie for worst song of the year, and I felt such embarrassment. Fast-forward, and it's a hit on Broadway, and I win a Tony for the score!
I've always been a huge John Guare fan. But Edward Albee - he just can't be beat.
In 2011, I earned a Tony nomination for my role in 'The Book of Mormon.'
Norbert Leo Butz is a master class in energy.
Love me some Tom Kitt; he's awesome in every way.
Lin-Manuel Miranda is a musical icon, and being part of any show of his is an honor.
When it was announced I had won the Tony Award, I was in Bangkok doing a movie with Judi Dench. I remember coming back from the location to the Oriental Hotel and hearing someone yelling across the reception area, 'You've won the Tony!' It was wonderful and strange to be halfway around the world.
