Actor Quotes by Alan Menken

8 Actor quotes by Alan Menken

Alan Menken, though primarily a composer, offers eight brief reflections on acting, revealing his appreciation for narrative and character.

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Movies, there are moments when you're writing a song or demoing, a moment in the recording studio. Musicals much more just eat…

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Whether it's animated, whether it's live-action, whether it's Broadway, whether it's television, a musical is a musical is a musical. So, pretty…

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The reality is that people need to be coaxed toward a musical. They need to understand why it's a musical.

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When 'Newsies' first came out, it just crash-landed with a thud; it won a Razzie for worst song of the year, and…

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There's plenty of examples of films where they're greenlit to move forward, and they want to get X actor. And they don't…

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When Peter Schneider first approached me about adapting 'Sister Act' for the stage, it wasn't a slam dunk to say yes.

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If you write enough musicals you pretty much have a sense of where they should go, what you'll need, and when; how…

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Whether it's animated, whether it's live-action, whether it's Broadway, whether it's television, a musical is a musical is a musical. So, pretty…

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I'm not interested in being the producer of somebody else's song.

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Every time I play 'Part of Your World,' a whole part of my life comes back to me. It's just inescapable - it was…

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My first success was 'Little Shop of Horrors,' and I had been working for years on jingles.

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Part of the job is knowing how to use this medium in the most effective way for the story you're telling, so for me,…

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I'll always work with my collaborator in the room so I have a reaction on a note-by-note basis. I know in my gut when…

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I think the thing that strikes you when you come back to 'The Little Mermaid' after all of these years is the simplicity and…

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Music is a gestalt. Songs are a life force and they have specific vocabulary to them. You hear a few notes, and they take…

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I see my songs and shows almost like a mosaic - part of a bigger picture.

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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.

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My favorite thing is a brand-new project from scratch because you really never know how they're going to come to life. Going back for…

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Truth be told, of course, what I enjoy most is reinventing myself and doing new projects where I work in new genres, or I…

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I love 'The Gospel Truth,' the song that opened up 'Hercules.' I thought that song was a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed…

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Collaboration is all about rewriting and rewriting and rewriting and helping each other to constantly improve a piece. And, it's also about spurring each…

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I have the ability to clear the decks and focus on what's happening in the moment. And I get to spend my life doing…

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Movies, there are moments when you're writing a song or demoing, a moment in the recording studio. Musicals much more just eat up your…

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