Actor Quotes by Stephen Schwartz

Bringing your show to Broadway is an economic decision on the part of producers and investors that may or may not happen, but sharing…

— Stephen Schwartz

You wouldn't walk into a music store and walk out with a piece of music under your arm. So why would it be acceptable…

— Stephen Schwartz

There have always been discussions about a 'Pippin' movie. I think it would lend itself very well to film if one could solve how…

— Stephen Schwartz

When I was in high school, I worked at a theatre on Long Island, where I grew up, in the box office and parking…

— Stephen Schwartz

When I perform I try and focus on the lyrics and my interpretation of the lyrics.

— Stephen Schwartz

I think it would be really cool to see 'Enchanted' on Broadway - there's been discussion of it from time to time. You'd have…

— Stephen Schwartz

I was very happy in Hollywood. I was doing extremely well there and things were good.

— Stephen Schwartz

That was what I always wanted to do for my whole life, to write music in the service of telling stories and communicating ideas…

— Stephen Schwartz

I had always been interested in opera, going back to my college days at Carnegie Mellon. In my last year there, I even wrote…

— Stephen Schwartz

With Bernstein, because we wound up always working music first, it was where I really feel I learned how to write lyrics as a…

— Stephen Schwartz

In 'Wicked,' we developed the concept that Glinda has a public persona who sings in soprano and a private persona who is, you know,…

— Stephen Schwartz

Alan Menken is so gifted in terms of coming up with these great melodies. What I learned from working with him was how to…

— Stephen Schwartz

I like works about familiar stories, where one spins the point of view and looks at it from another angle.

— Stephen Schwartz

Excuse me, there's no pretense here. I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow.

— Stephen Schwartz

Dancers are the unsung heroes Broadway musicals.

— Stephen Schwartz