The fundamental job of the actor is to tell about the human condition, to be a voice for the truest ideas and… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
Being at the Play House, the only way I could see my life was that I would be an actor in a… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
I'm essentially an actor. And the fact that I got away with singing and dancing for a long time is still a… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
My mother named me after her favorite actor, Joel McCrea, and dressed and presented me as her avatar. I'm sure she wanted… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
I always wanted children, to be a dad. That was as important to me as being an actor. — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
You can be taking two steps forward as an actor, but if a movie doesn't make money, you might as well be… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
I never thought I would sing or dance - ever, ever, ever. My idea was to be Laurence Olivier or Peter Lorre… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
I saw Lee J. Cobb in 'Death of a Salesman' when I was about 15, and I couldn't get up from my seat in… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
The fundamental job of the actor is to tell about the human condition, to be a voice for the truest ideas and deepest emotions. — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
My daughter, Jennifer Grey, was in 'Dirty Dancing,' which was shot in the Catskill Mountains, where the great old Jewish entertainers used to appear.… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
I loved being in the theater. It was a place of enormous excitement and happiness and safety and respect and dignity. It was a… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
That's what people forget about, is that when things are very, very powerful in a sad way, they have that possibility of also being… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
I don't want to do material that I don't like. I've always stuck to that policy. If that means being out of work for… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
My dad would take me downtown, and I'd stand backstage and watch him in the vaudeville pit band. I was 6 or 7. He… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
If you don't tell the whole truth about yourself, life is a ridiculous exercise. — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
Often, entertainment goes deeper, in terms of ideas, than the newspapers. — Joel Grey Copy Share Image