Broadway Quotes · Page 4

Broadway is really, really hard.

— Keala Settle

I really want to do Broadway.

— O. T. Fagbenle

Broadway's not what it used to be.

— Betty Comden

I didn't aspire to be on Broadway.

— Daveed Diggs

I wore out the Broadway 'Tommy' recording. I just loved it.

— Josh Groban

My plan has always been to return to Broadway every 50 years.

— William Shatner

I want people to be obsessed with Broadway and theatre as much as I am.

— Frankie Grande

I wanted to be on Broadway, but in musical comedy.

— Carol Burnett

I miss Broadway, what little there is on Broadway now.

— Jackee Harry

Some of my own books are being developed - one as a Broadway musical.

— Julie Andrews

I have a place in the Broadway community that can only be earned.

— Brooke Shields

I'd like to see some Broadway shows at some point in time.

— Ryan Gosling

I think coming East and doing something like Broadway would probably be a good career move.

— Vicki Lawrence

Broadway is a place where people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't need to impress people they don't…

— Henry Wotton

The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience.

— Bernadette Peters

Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music.

— Horace Silver

You bet I arrived overnight. Over a few hundred nights in the Catskills, in vaudeville, in clubs and on Broadway.

— Danny Kaye

I've been really, really fortunate to get some fantastic opportunities on Broadway, and I cherish all of them.

— Vanessa Williams

I remember doing Broadway, I started Broadway in 2005, and, of course, I sing two songs in the play, 'Hairspray'.

— Tevin Campbell

When I wasn't working on Broadway, I worked in a Bat Mitzvah dress shop and was the Cinderella of the shop -…

— Lea Michele

I had already played a lead on Broadway before I ever did a film. I had had three, four seasons of stock…

— Jack Lemmon

In '92, I got my first Broadway show as a performer - 'Crazy for You.' I was in the ensemble. In fact,…

— Casey Nicholaw

I never intended to go to Broadway. I was very happy being in an Off Broadway theater and having an Off Broadway…

— Ntozake Shange

The first Broadway play I ever saw was 'The Bad Seed' by Maxwell Anderson and with Patty McCormack. 'The Bad Seed' was…

— Valerie Harper

The first generation from the '50s that were in 1650 [Broadway] were pretty much all crooks, I mean just out and out…

— Al Kooper

What a turnaround in sentiment 'Glee' exemplifies. It was only a few years ago that pursuing the dream of a Broadway career…

— James Wolcott

There's nothing more romantic after not seeing your husband for four months than to have our first night back together, on a…

— Deborra-Lee Furness

I went to Hollywood to test for Martha Ivers and I thought I was going to play the part that Van Heflin…

— Kirk Douglas

If I have all the tears that are shed on Broadway by guys in love, I will have enough salt water to…

— Damon Runyon

I'll tell you what I think in general about people who want to make their Broadway debut that are not trained stage…

— Patti LuPone

It's always been a dream of mine to do a voice for a Disney movie. I think Disney movies and theater are…

— Alexa Ray Joel

Honestly, people told me to. It was weird, I graduated from school, I never thought I'd live in L.A. and I always…

— Zachary Quinto

In some ways, what 'Hamilton' has done for Broadway shows - what it has done for the interpretation of history and how…

— Valentin Chmerkovskiy

If you don't go to Broadway, you're a fool. On Broadway, off Broadway, above Broadway, below Broadway, go! Don't tell me there…

— Joan Rivers

I have more dumb luck thank anybody I know. There must be a convey of guardian angels working twenty-four hours a day…

— Willie Nelson

That mental grind is the same, and this show has to be approached with the same mentality. Rest is paramount. Taking care…

— Eddie George

Oh, I am such a nerd when it comes to music - I only listen to Broadway!

— Laura Osnes

I don't go to that many Broadway shows, so I can't really say anything.

— Anonymous

It's better to star in Oshkosh than to starve on Broadway.

— James Gleason

I would love to be on a sitcom or on Broadway.

— Randy Rainbow