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> [I think musicals are a lowbrow, populist art form. And I don't mean lowbrow in a condescending way at all - they are designed to create delight, wonder, joy, surprise. And what becomes really interesting is when innovative or challenging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/i-think-musicals-are-a-lowbrow-populist-art-form-and-i-don-t-mean/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

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## More by George C. Wolfe

> [I could program a 'fabulous, I love it' kind of hit season right now. I'm more interested in breaking boundaries, telling a story, defying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/i-could-program-a-fabulous-i-love-it-kind-of-hit-season-right-now-i-m/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

> [The world doesn't see a lot of gray. The world sees black and white, and then it understands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/the-world-doesn-t-see-a-lot-of-gray-the-world-sees-black-and-white/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

> [You adjust what you do depending on the actor. You evolve a vocabulary and a way of language and talking with each actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/you-adjust-what-you-do-depending-on-the-actor-you-evolve-a-vocabulary/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

> [A lot of '20s musicals were a hodgepodge of melodrama, mixed with operetta and romance, and then some sense of modernism and some sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/a-lot-of-20s-musicals-were-a-hodgepodge-of-melodrama-mixed-with/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

> [There is a real affection for these human beings on these stage that O'Neill really had. Out of that affection comes a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/there-is-a-real-affection-for-these-human-beings-on-these-stage-that/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

> [Our lives are connected in ways we can't imagine. They're connected even before we know they're connected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/our-lives-are-connected-in-ways-we-can-t-imagine-they-re-connected/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

> [There's no place more theatrical than history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/there-s-no-place-more-theatrical-than-history/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

> [If you have the talent and passion and commitment, you shouldn't be locked out of the room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/if-you-have-the-talent-and-passion-and-commitment-you-shouldn-t-be/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

> [When you're writing, in theory, everybody is serving you. When you're directing, you're serving everybody - in the guise of acting like everybody's serving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/when-you-re-writing-in-theory-everybody-is-serving-you-when-you-re/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

> [Commercial theater, in its agenda to appeal to everybody, is often at the expense of the unique vision of the artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/commercial-theater-in-its-agenda-to-appeal-to-everybody-is-often-at/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

> [Doing any kind of culture in America in which you are not trying to affirm a European aesthetic is war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/doing-any-kind-of-culture-in-america-in-which-you-are-not-trying-to/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

> [I was raised to believe that other people's suffering was my responsibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/i-was-raised-to-believe-that-other-people-s-suffering-was-my/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

> [I think we all have a primal desire to know as much as we can to find out about where we come from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/i-think-we-all-have-a-primal-desire-to-know-as-much-as-we-can-to-find/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

> [I think I am the first person of color to direct a major white play on Broadway. In 1993? That's astounding to me. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/i-think-i-am-the-first-person-of-color-to-direct-a-major-white-play/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

> [The hardest thing about a musical is making sure everybody is working on the same damn show. That is the monster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/the-hardest-thing-about-a-musical-is-making-sure-everybody-is-working/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

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