Actor Quote by Alice Ripley

I saw "Follies" again at thirty, and you know, I had this great appreciation for [Stephen] Sondheim's brilliance, his lyrics.

— Charles Busch

I first started listening to Sondheim's work when I was a kid.

— Josh Groban

Stephen Sondheim I am in awe of.

— Christoph Waltz

Sondheim informs us, more than any other composer, about the joys, passion and pain of being a woman living in various social conditions through…

— Hannah Waddingham

My experience with Sondheim has been nothing but glorious, especially for a guy who doesn't sing.

— Johnny Depp

I don't think it's that I don't like Sondheim. It's that I find it really... I don't know how to describe it. Doing it…

— Imelda Staunton

Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there's great truth in the songs, and that's what was so…

— Bernadette Peters

I'm a devotee of Stephen Sondheim. I think he's a genius.

— Kenneth Branagh

Musically, I'm a huge fan of Stephen Sondheim, and I love, love 'Sweeney Todd.'

— Keala Settle

As a performer, once you've understood the genre of musical theatre, you can tire very quickly of the two-dimensional stuff. With Sondheim, it's always…

— Michael Ball

I heard from Stephen Sondheim, who has become a great supporter of mine. There was no one bigger when I was growing up.

— Randy Rainbow

Tom Kitt aside - he's in his own category with me, of course - Stephen Sondheim is one of my all-time favorite composers.

— Alice Ripley