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Patti LuPone

(1949) Television Actor United States

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Patti LuPone is a television actor from the United States, best known for Patti LuPone.

Quick Facts About Patti LuPone

Born: April 21, 1949
Nationality: United States
Profession: Television Actor
Notable works: Patti LuPone
Known for: Les Misérables

About Patti LuPone

Patti Ann LuPone is an American actress and singer. After starting her professional career with The Acting Company in 1972, she soon gained acclaim for her leading performances on the Broadway and West End stage. Known for playing bold, resilient women in musical theater, she has received numerous accolades, including three Tony Awards, two Laurence Olivier Awards and two Grammy Awards. She was inducted to the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2006.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

National Board of Review Award for Best Cast Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Grammy Award for Best Classical Album Drama League Award Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

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Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical

Quotes by Patti LuPone

I think that Stevie Nicks is one of the greats. Steve Nicks and Grace Slick and Janis Joplin have the real rock…

Grace

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I knew when I was a kid that I had a Broadway voice. I wanted to be a rocker, because I grew…

Beach

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A show is exhausting when it stinks. It's exhausting when you have to work overtime to make something work.

Exhausting

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John Doyle just knows how to feed actors, and what comes out of us, good, bad, right, wrong, doesn't matter. There's no…

Actors

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Let me say I was trained at Juilliard. I have a very high standard. I expect everybody around me to work equally…

Around

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A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot.

All kinds

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New York seems to be thriving, which I'm grateful for. But I would hope that they would figure out how to negotiate…

Because

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I'm totally Italian, but I'm not a diva. If you could see the way I'm dressed in daily life, that's not a…

Appearance

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To be nominated was enough, but when I won I the Tony I just felt relief.

Enough

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I wish I could have a recurring role on 'Modern Family'. I think 'Modern Family' is the best comedy on television. It's…

Acted

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My favorite band was The Band, and nobody compares in my mind with The Band.

Band

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I just create, that's what I do.

Creativity

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Smile at a stranger. See what happens.

Happens

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I think the way I can sing the way I sing is because of the way I talk to my animals. I…

Animal

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We're not show-business people. We have a life.

Business

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I love what I do, and I love the audience, and I love the fact that I get to do it, and…

Audience

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In America, it stands out, because it's raw, it's big, it's emotional. My face is raw, big and emotional. It didn't work…

America

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I just love chickens.

Chickens

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Sometimes love doesn't come to us. We have to go out hunting. It's like pigs looking for truffles. It's called dating.

Dating

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I am in musical theatre, but it isn't necessarily what I listen to in my leisure time, do you know what I…

Am

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I think Madonna is a wonderful performer.

Performers

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My favorite composers are the ones that tell the story. I love Wagner. I love Mahler. Prokofiev. The programmatic music. I listen…

Because

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Nothing has ever come easy for me.

Come

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To transform the world women need to demand their place - which is not equal, but superior.

Equal

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I'll tell you what I think in general about people who want to make their Broadway debut that are not trained stage…

About

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