I am the most successful unsuccessful actor in New York. And I guess with that, maybe apparent only to myself, there started to be a very subtle but unmistakable whiff of entitlement, bitterness, jealousy. I was not respecting the work. — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
Most of my work in New York has been on new musicals. And all through the preview process, they throw you new songs, new lyrics, new choreography, new scripts; you're constantly getting new material. You might get it in the… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
I love it when people take contemporary songs and find a narrative or a theatrical way of telling it. — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
I remember really getting into 'The Wiz' and an old musical called 'Purlie,' which Melba Moore sang. I liked those roof-raising shows because I… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
Something about being surrounded by water has a really calming effect on me. — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
I was in the original cast of 'Wicked', and that got a bad review in 'The New York Times,' and it's the most successful… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
If you individualize an audience, it helps up the stakes of your responsibility to that audience. — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
I always loved soul music. My dad was a very religious guy, and we would listen to a lot of gospel and soul music.… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
I am the most successful unsuccessful actor in New York. And I guess with that, maybe apparent only to myself, there started to be… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
I actually have seven brothers in real life, and we're all very close in age. We basically go no more than two years between… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
In the play we have the messy he-loves-her, she-loves-him, she-loves-him-too structure, and, to add even more confusion to the mix, the real love story… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you don't know what's going to happen to your character until the night before you shoot the scene. So, sometimes, you get a… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
Sam Shepard is - I didn't tell this to Sammy, but if I had to point to one artist that made me want to… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
I've never seen 'Mad Men.' I've never seen 'Breaking Bad.' I've never seen 'The Sopranos.' These sort of seminal shows. — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
