I've always wanted to do something where I aged a lot, went from young girl to dowager. — Charles Busch Copy Share Image
I always tend to say "no" to everything, but now I've decided to say "yes" to everything. Now, I'm doing all sorts of things… — Charles Busch Copy Share
I took many notes, more than usual before I sat down and wrote Act One, Scene One. I had perhaps eighty pages of notes.… — Charles Busch Copy Share
It's more interesting to put yourself in the place of Bette Davis than Irene Dunne, I guess. — Charles Busch Copy Share
I grew up with "Follies." I saw it when I was fifteen. It was the original production, and of course, that production will never… — Charles Busch Copy Share
I'm writing the book to a children's musical. I got a note from the producers saying, "Can't you make it campier?" So now, I'm… — Charles Busch Copy Share
The story of Judith. But one of the reasons I'm doing it is because the roles I've been writing for myself over the past… — Charles Busch Copy Share
I don't think I could ever go to Auschwitz, because when we took that tour of MGM, I nearly collapsed outside the Thalberg building. — Charles Busch Copy Share
At fifteen, it [ "Follies"] didn't have any kind of resonance with me, this show about regret and middle age. — Charles Busch Copy Share
There's a real fantasy quotient to my work. Any play that I've written for myself to perform in basically begins with the idea, "Wouldn't… — Charles Busch Copy Share
I stole that from Vito Russo. He said he was a devout believer in Judyism. — Charles Busch Copy Share
I read a lot of those Single Girl in New York books, like "Fear of Flying," where you could sort of put yourself, through… — Charles Busch Copy Share
I had two chances to fail [working for Disney]. The first one, they said was "too juvenile." The second one was,they give you general… — Charles Busch Copy Share
I wish somebody would just give me a couple of million dollars a year, so that I could do a play based on every… — Charles Busch Copy Share
I've always wanted to do something where I aged a lot, went from young girl to dowager. — Charles Busch Copy Share
I saw "Follies" again at thirty, and you know, I had this great appreciation for [Stephen] Sondheim's brilliance, his lyrics. — Charles Busch Copy Share
