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
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
