--- title: "1 Theater Genre Quotes By Rory O'Malley" description: "1 Theater Genre quotes by Rory O'Malley. Plus more from Rory O'Malley and more Theater Genre sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/rory-o-malley-14799_actor_hamilton-is-a-game-changer-for-the-music_3112958.jpg" --- > ['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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-o-malley/hamilton-is-a-game-changer-for-the-musical-theater-genre-it-s-moved/) [Rory O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-o-malley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/rory-o-malley-14799_actor_hamilton-is-a-game-changer-for-the-music_3112958.jpg) ## More by Rory O'Malley > [As someone who was once in the closet, I can tell you it is the most sad, dark, awful, depressing place to ever be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-o-malley/as-someone-who-was-once-in-the-closet-i-can-tell-you-it-is-the-most/) [Rory O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-o-malley/) > [We cannot give up on working toward that more perfect union.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-o-malley/we-cannot-give-up-on-working-toward-that-more-perfect-union/) [Rory O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-o-malley/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-o-malley/i-spent-a-lot-of-my-time-growing-up-at-the-beck-center-i-d-be-in/) [Rory O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-o-malley/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-o-malley/i-have-a-picture-on-my-phone-of-me-and-audra-mcdonald-from-when-i/) [Rory O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-o-malley/) > [I think that, as an actor, you fight so hard to get work for years that when it actually comes, you just are so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-o-malley/i-think-that-as-an-actor-you-fight-so-hard-to-get-work-for-years-that/) [Rory O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-o-malley/) > [You can win your Oscar, and you still wake up trying to figure out how to get your next job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-o-malley/you-can-win-your-oscar-and-you-still-wake-up-trying-to-figure-out-how/) [Rory O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-o-malley/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-o-malley/every-actor-who-s-been-around-long-enough-knows-that-when-something/) [Rory O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-o-malley/) > [Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence are such legends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-o-malley/kelsey-grammer-and-martin-lawrence-are-such-legends/) [Rory O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-o-malley/) > [Mom was a single mother. So three aunts and three uncles and all of mom's friends pitched in as weekend warriors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-o-malley/mom-was-a-single-mother-so-three-aunts-and-three-uncles-and-all-of/) [Rory O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-o-malley/) > [I always thought I would move to New York after graduation, but, instead, I moved to Los Angeles. I realized I was more scared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-o-malley/i-always-thought-i-would-move-to-new-york-after-graduation-but/) [Rory O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-o-malley/) > [As a kid, I had nightmares about Freddy Krueger just from the trailers on TV!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-o-malley/as-a-kid-i-had-nightmares-about-freddy-krueger-just-from-the-trailers/) [Rory O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-o-malley/) > [Being a kid and growing up in Cleveland, the Tonys were how you saw Broadway shows: you got to hear from each show, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-o-malley/being-a-kid-and-growing-up-in-cleveland-the-tonys-were-how-you-saw/) [Rory O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-o-malley/) > [There comes a point when you have to be more than an actor, and doing something else that means a lot to me has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-o-malley/there-comes-a-point-when-you-have-to-be-more-than-an-actor-and-doing/) [Rory O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-o-malley/) > [I love how passionate Elder McKinley is about his faith, but he's a perfectionist in a bad way... to the point he denies his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-o-malley/i-love-how-passionate-elder-mckinley-is-about-his-faith-but-he-s-a/) [Rory O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-o-malley/) > [You put me in the room with my family and everyone I grew up with, and I'd be the last person that you'd say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-o-malley/you-put-me-in-the-room-with-my-family-and-everyone-i-grew-up-with-and/) [Rory O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-o-malley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theater-genre/rory-o-malley/#itemlist", "name": "1 Theater Genre Quotes By Rory O'Malley", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'Hamilton' is a game-changer for the musical theater genre. 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