Patti LuPone quotes

I played the tuba in high school. I wanted to be a member of the marching band. I thought, what can I play that has the most effect? What can I play to get people to laugh? (Patti LuPone)
Smile at a stranger. See what happens. View quote
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I'm totally Italian, but I'm not a diva. If you could see the way I'm dressed in daily life, that's not a diva. Appearances are so not important to me. View quote
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The word diva to me means doing something supernatural with something natural. View quote
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Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we're all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience. View quote
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I just love chickens. View quote
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I am in musical theatre, but it isn't necessarily what I listen to in my leisure time, do you know what I mean? View quote
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I know what it means to have a leading part, and I know what it means to have a featured part. View quote
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I'll tell you what I think in general about people who want to make their Broadway debut that are not trained stage actors. Don't they know, Broadway ain't for sissies? It is a tough gig. You are responsible, physically, mentally, emotionally, for eight shows a week, at the top of your game. It's not easy. View quote
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I'd love to do situation comedy - it's the best job in show business. View quote
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My favorite band was The Band, and nobody compares in my mind with The Band. (Patti LuPone)
A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot. View quote
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The only thing we are as actors are messengers. That's all we are. Correct? We are delivering the playwright's intention through the concept of the director. And I come on stage; if I feel confident in the role, then I give it away. View quote
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I learned a long time ago from David Mamet to wipe your feet at the door, get it out on stage and then go about your life. View quote
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I think Madonna is a wonderful performer. View quote
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I think that Stevie Nicks is one of the greats. Steve Nicks and Grace Slick and Janis Joplin have the real rock voices, to me. View quote
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I knew when I was a kid that I had a Broadway voice. I wanted to be a rocker, because I grew up in that era of transistor radios at the beach. View quote
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All my career, I've said this: Critics and producers think audiences want actors that only present the silhouette and hit the points in the silhouette. What I do is too dangerous. View quote
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My favorite composers are the ones that tell the story. I love Wagner. I love Mahler. Prokofiev. The programmatic music. I listen more to classic rock because I don't like the contemporary music very much. View quote
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What's the difference in opening from scratch in Philly or opening from scratch in New York? The old out-of-town tryout circuit - taking the show pre-Broadway to cities like Boston, New Haven, Philadelphia, Washington - has sort of been replaced with the amount of workshops we do. View quote
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It's not easy being an actor, and having said that, everybody's an actor. Do you know what I mean? Paris Hilton's an actor, which is kind of scary. But if you want to honor your craft and yourself, strive for the nobler instincts. (Patti LuPone)
I'm sure there are actors out there who work with other actors on a consistent basis - I am not one of them. View quote
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I don't listen to the contemporary pop artists. They all sound alike, anyway. View quote
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I just create, that's what I do. View quote
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The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television. View quote
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