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Nathan Lane

(1956) Voice Actor United States

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Nathan Lane is a voice actor from the United States, best known for Naughty Mabel.

Quick Facts About Nathan Lane

Born: February 3, 1956
Nationality: United States
Profession: Voice Actor
Notable works: Naughty Mabel

About Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane is an American actor. Known for his versatile roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including three Tony Awards, seven Drama Desk Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, three Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Actor Award. Lane was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006 and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2008. In 2010, The New York Times hailed Lane as being "the greatest stage entertainer of the decade".

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Laurence Olivier Awards Daytime Emmy Award Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical Drama League Award Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor

Quotes by Nathan Lane

Relationships, for me, have been elusive. And I would say mostly it's been my fault. I was always more concentrated on my…

Always

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As a kid, I loved Godot because of the poetry and the humor and the strangeness, but then as you get older,…

Godot

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There doesn't seem to be a lot of middle ground with me

Middle

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People have to do things in their own time, and that's what I did

People

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But in order for anyone to become successful, sometimes you have to be that driven and focused, and maybe there isn't a…

Becoming successful

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I'm one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining parades

Born

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It's certainly not a shock to find that the industry has no imagination. I think people don't know what it is I…

Because

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Look, I'm over 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math!

Looks

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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.

Accept

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If you've seen Mary Poppins and The Grinch, come to the Booth Theater and let me shove a little coal down your…

Coal

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People always think I'm Jewish and changed my last name from Rabinowitz

Changed

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All I can do is try to create the best show possible, and I feel we've truly done that.

Best

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My oldest brother used to take me to the theater. The first play he took me to see was 'Black Comedy,' then…

Able

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Hollywood... Real diamonds, fake breasts.

Breasts

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Kevin Costner. I love Kevin Costner. That's all I have to say. I love Kevin Costner.

I love

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The reason I was in most of the movies I've done is that they paid for me to be in the theater.

Cinema

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He's so interesting because you think you know Dennis Hopper, but you don't really know Dennis Hopper. I don't really know Dennis…

Because

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There are some people that the press like to pick on and not just the gay press, but the press in general.…

Care

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People think they know who I am, because I've played so many very, very out gay men on stage, and they think…

Gay

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Not to sound too pessimistic, but I just don't see me having the film career that I maybe hoped for after 'The…

After

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I seem to always inspire a strong reaction one way or the other

Inspiration

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The thing that everyone remembers about 'Bambi' is that moment. 'The Lion King,' took it to quite an extreme because it was…

About

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As a kid, I loved 'Godot' because of the poetry and the humor and the strangeness, but then as you get older,…

Because

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There's not a day in my life I'm not proud of being gay, but I just wasn't ready for that attention to…

Attention

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It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go…

Cliche

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Nathan Lane by topic

People (10) You (9) Theatre (8)