I had a sort of rocky upbringing, and I think the theater was a safe place for me. — Michael Arden Actor Copy Share Image
I think all my favorite directors have acted. They understand how an actor thinks. — Michael Arden Actor Copy Share Image
My dream would be to have 50 people in a show with each person from a different country. — Michael Arden Country Copy Share Image
I want to create an environment that actors can be really free in. — Michael Arden Actor Copy Share Image
My favorite collaborator is Dane Laffrey, who designed the set for 'Once on This Island,' but we've worked together since high school,… — Michael Arden Collaboration Copy Share Image
I've played gay, and I've played straight... I'm proud to be a gay man myself, and I'm thrilled to get the opportunity… — Michael Arden Gay Copy Share Image
When you step off a plane into a place like Haiti, you're just surrounded by overwhelming stimulus: the people selling you things,… — Michael Arden Haiti Copy Share Image
Helping to open up the conversation about inclusion and diversity in casting has been a dream come true. — Michael Arden Casting Copy Share Image
Unless we build theater and performing arts, then we're not going to be creating future patrons. We need to make it accessible. — Michael Arden Actor Copy Share Image
If you've never heard a piece of Mozart, then Mozart could sound scary or confusing, so it's all about learning. — Michael Arden About Copy Share Image
So many gay men are mothers to so many young people, me included. I've had gay men who were more mother to… — Michael Arden Gay Copy Share Image
Magic in plays and musicals, I think, is more often created because of the work of an incredible company rather than a… — Michael Arden Business Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, we need to realize that segregation is not the human condition at its best. Which isn't… — Michael Arden Best Copy Share Image
It's my goal to help actors achieve their best work, and I think I speak the same language as actors, so I… — Michael Arden Actor Copy Share Image
The deaf community has shaped me as an artist and a person, and I am very grateful that I have been able… — Michael Arden Art Copy Share Image
Say you have a young black kid, and you come to see a Sondheim show. You love the material, but you look… — Michael Arden Look Copy Share Image
I created my family with the people I met in the theater and escaped in the stories I told and the characters… — Michael Arden Chance Copy Share Image
I often think about what love can inspire in the world, not just in the eyes of the object of your affection. — Michael Arden Affection Copy Share Image
Before working with Deaf West, I had never met a deaf person, and now I can't imagine life without ASL. — Michael Arden Deaf Copy Share Image
A lot of times, comedy writers will go for the gay joke, and I've been vocal about saying, 'Go for the smart… — Michael Arden Comedy Copy Share Image
I remember sitting at home in West Texas listening to my 'Songs for a New World' CD over and over. — Michael Arden Home Copy Share Image
I had taken a directing class in high school. Looking back on it now, I think it was all heading that way. — Michael Arden Education Copy Share Image
I'm interested in people's relationship to objects, so I think a lot of my work is very tactile. — Michael Arden I think Copy Share Image
We don't ever realize how precious life is while we're living it. — Michael Arden Life Copy Share Image
I think Rafael Nadal is pretty spectacular. I have a feeling he might be part animal. — Michael Arden Animal Copy Share Image
We learn the most from listening, and I don't just mean with our ears. — Michael Arden Communication Copy Share Image
It's exciting to share an art form that I would never have imagined sharing with the deaf community. Doing musicals, it's not… — Michael Arden Art Copy Share Image
The love I have for my husband is intertwined with his, and we are two individuals looking in the same direction -… — Michael Arden Direction Copy Share Image
There is no distinction, no echelon of actors within a company. A company is only as strong as its weakest link. — Michael Arden Actor Copy Share Image
The most exciting thing I've seen is directors not only being open to actors coming in the room with different abilities but… — Michael Arden Being Copy Share Image
My grandparents, Jim and Pat Moore, were an incredible couple. They drove me to the community theater, where I did plays as… — Michael Arden Community Copy Share Image
