Broadway Quotes · Page 11

There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

I thought about doing '36 Chambers' on Broadway.

— Rza

I think there is an evolving art taking place on Broadway.

— Hugh Panaro

I did Chicago on Broadway the year before last. That was a great opportunity and I had a blast.

— Kevin Richardson

Many actors in films are willing to go to Broadway, and screenwriters are writing plays. It's almost commonplace.

— Marc Platt

I would love to do Broadway. That was my original aim, when I first started acting when I was 13. I wanted…

— Dove Cameron

If I do what I really want to do, I'm not going to do a typical commercial Broadway show, so I'm going…

— Mitch Leigh

I relished the opportunity to be on Broadway... It's the holy grail for people like me.

— Jeremy Piven

Mr. Brooks and I have been friends forever. He is in seventh heaven with his new success on Broadway.

— Dom DeLuise

I'm making my Broadway musical debut at the age of 73 - it's a kind of interesting career arc.

— Dakin Matthews

The only thing I haven't done as an actor, other than Thai puppet theater somewhere, is act on a Broadway stage.

— John Larroquette

L.A., its nice, but I think of sunshine and people on rollerblades eating sushi. New York, I think of nighttime, I think…

— Jimmy Fallon

My last show that I did on Broadway was - I hate to say this, but - 'Cats.' There you go. So…

— Rob Marshall

The commercial theatre may still be considered one of New York's primary tourist attractions, but . . . there is no longer…

— Robert Brustein

My childhood dream was always to be on Broadway. I wanted to end up in TV and film. It's kind of flipped,…

— Grant Gustin

I'm not going to be rockin' n' rollin' when I'm 50 years old. But you can be in your prime on television,…

— Toni Tennille

We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

When I auditioned for 'Bye Bye Birdie' on Broadway, Gower Champion said, 'You've got the job!' I said, 'Mr. Champion, I can't…

— Dick Van Dyke

The Broadway run of 'Memphis' has been like going to the moon. It was so great to actually open at the Shubert…

— David Bryan

My parents were really, really cool about supporting what I wanted to do at a really young age. I think I was…

— Anna Kendrick

My grandparents actually, whenever they got the chance, took me to Broadway, but that started when I was in high school, because…

— Shanice Williams

I've always loved theatre because it's so immediate. The challenge of it is that, career wise, it's easier to get traction in…

— Steven C. Harper

When I saw 'Legally Blonde' on Broadway, I rang my agent and said 'I want to be seen for this,' but the…

— Sheridan Smith

I wasn't especially a Broadway type. I liked film acting better. I didn't want to stay up late. I wasn't a smoker,…

— P. J. Soles

Ah walk doon Hammersmith Broadway, London seeming strange and alien, after only a three-month absence, as familiar places do when you’ve been…

— Irvine Welsh

I wanted to be a therapist if the acting didn't work. I also did a lot waitressing and odd jobs. I'd audition…

— Jennifer Aniston

On this side of the Atlantic, the arrival of a new Woody Allen movie is always greeted with tremors of bliss by…

— Joe Queenan

No one told me that if you can't sing, you probably won't be on Broadway. No one told me that!

— Bob the Drag Queen

A play gets on Broadway by fluke. And you don't even start out with that ambition. When I do a play, the…

— Richard Greenberg

I began modeling in N.Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies.

— Ian Ziering

For the record, if you're not a stage actor, climbing onto Broadway and tackling something like David Mamet is not an easy…

— Jeremy Piven

I've been looking for a Broadway opportunity ever since I stopped doing theater.

— Melissa Benoist

Broadway is always going to have a place in my heart. That is never gonna change!

— Caleb McLaughlin

The dream is to originate a role in a show on Broadway. That's the ultimate goal.

— Jake Epstein

On Broadway, there is no censoring, just self-censorship and doing what makes sense.

— Robert Lopez

I love 'Bullets Over Broadway,' but I'm pretty sure Woody Allen hasn't killed somebody.

— Mike Birbiglia

I think 'Hand to God' is going to change the landscape of Broadway. I think Broadway, truthfully, will never be the same.

— Geneva Carr

It's a very big collaborative effort to do an animated feature and to do a Broadway show.

— Jonathan Freeman

Writing a play to get to Broadway and have a national tour is a sure way to write a terrible, terrible play.

— Stephen Karam

When you're on Broadway, what's kind of the whole point is that you find something new in the show each night.

— Jordan Fisher