Musicals are written and then rewritten. Those things used to happen on the road. Now they are done in New York during preview performances. — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of actors: those with one job too few, who have to take every one that comes along, and those with… — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
Belonging to the Dramatists Guild Council where, with my fellow dramatists, I can directly affect (and protect) the professional lives of all American Playwrights… — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
There are some actresses who cannot function on the set without having a close relationship with their directors. Their way of communicating with the… — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
Hollywood is a cottage industry involving a very small number of people, and around the edges are enormous numbers of people trying to get… — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
At early previews, the theater gossips are there, wishing you ill every night. They don't grant you any slack. Agents are in from Hollywood.… — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
For writers that rehearsal period is death. It is the most destructive thing of all to a script. — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
Musicals are written and then rewritten. Those things used to happen on the road. Now they are done in New York during preview performances. — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three… — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
The relationship between an actress and her director is often a very close one. — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
When talking about unicorns, minotaurs, or compassionate conservatives, one does not normally have to prove their non-existence; the mere lack of any evidence is… — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
You listen to the audience. The audience is wrong individually and always right collectively. If they don't laugh, it isn't funny. If they cough,… — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
Disease, a simple famine, plagues of locusts everywhere, or a cataclysmic earthquake, I'd accept with some despair, but no, you sent us Congress! Good… — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
It seems to me that everybody who's a success has made a decision to put themselves in a situation that eats away at their… — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
“In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three… — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
