I have an acting crush on Gene Hackman; I have an acting crush on Tommy Lee Jones. Gary Cooper. Jimmy Cagney. Michael Gambon. Simon Russell Beale. — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
I love it when people take contemporary songs and find a narrative or a theatrical way of telling it. — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share
I remember really getting into 'The Wiz' and an old musical called 'Purlie,' which Melba Moore sang. I liked those roof-raising shows because I… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share
Something about being surrounded by water has a really calming effect on me. — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share
I was in the original cast of 'Wicked', and that got a bad review in 'The New York Times,' and it's the most successful… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share
If you individualize an audience, it helps up the stakes of your responsibility to that audience. — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share
I always loved soul music. My dad was a very religious guy, and we would listen to a lot of gospel and soul music.… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share
I am the most successful unsuccessful actor in New York. And I guess with that, maybe apparent only to myself, there started to be… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share
I actually have seven brothers in real life, and we're all very close in age. We basically go no more than two years between… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share
In the play we have the messy he-loves-her, she-loves-him, she-loves-him-too structure, and, to add even more confusion to the mix, the real love story… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share
Sometimes, you don't know what's going to happen to your character until the night before you shoot the scene. So, sometimes, you get a… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share
Sam Shepard is - I didn't tell this to Sammy, but if I had to point to one artist that made me want to… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share
I've never seen 'Mad Men.' I've never seen 'Breaking Bad.' I've never seen 'The Sopranos.' These sort of seminal shows. — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share
I'm a pretty avid reader, but I missed feminism in college. I did take an intro course where I read Mary Wollstonecraft, but I… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share
Most of my work in New York has been on new musicals. And all through the preview process, they throw you new songs, new… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share
