Irish music in the local pubs was my first exposure to musical expression, and I feel like Irish music is very close to musical theater because it is always telling a story. — Rory O'Malley Copy Share Image
'Hamilton' is a game-changer for the musical theater genre. It's moved the art form forward so much and redefined so many things about what we do in theater, so it's pretty hard to oversell it. — Rory O'Malley Copy Share Image
As someone who was once in the closet, I can tell you it is the most sad, dark, awful, depressing place to ever be. — Rory O'Malley Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of my time, growing up, at the Beck Center. I'd be in plays there, and I'd get there an hour or two early just so I could be there, where I felt safe and where I belonged. And that's such an important feeling to have as a young kid. The theater community, and especially the Beck… — Rory O'Malley Copy Share
I have a picture on my phone of me and Audra McDonald from when I went stage door-ing at 'Ragtime' in high school. I… — Rory O'Malley Copy Share Image
I think that, as an actor, you fight so hard to get work for years that when it actually comes, you just are so… — Rory O'Malley Copy Share Image
You can win your Oscar, and you still wake up trying to figure out how to get your next job. — Rory O'Malley Copy Share Image
Every actor who's been around long enough knows that when something bad happens in this business, it's always for a reason. Really, the hardest… — Rory O'Malley Copy Share Image
Mom was a single mother. So three aunts and three uncles and all of mom's friends pitched in as weekend warriors. — Rory O'Malley Copy Share Image
I always thought I would move to New York after graduation, but, instead, I moved to Los Angeles. I realized I was more scared… — Rory O'Malley Copy Share Image
As a kid, I had nightmares about Freddy Krueger just from the trailers on TV! — Rory O'Malley Copy Share Image
Being a kid and growing up in Cleveland, the Tonys were how you saw Broadway shows: you got to hear from each show, and… — Rory O'Malley Copy Share Image
