Robert Lopez

You can never assume that something is going to do well.

— Robert Lopez

With comedy, the jokes will come out, and people will see them coming. Changes in daily life or current events can change…

— Robert Lopez

Every time I see a film or TV show, I think about how that composer made those choices and how that director…

— Robert Lopez

I thought it would be really cool to show the world the inner life of someone like me, who doesn't have a…

— Robert Lopez

I like to think my sense of humor is sort of smart and dumb at the same time. I like to work…

— Robert Lopez

On Broadway, there is no censoring, just self-censorship and doing what makes sense.

— Robert Lopez

Whenever Disney asks if you want to do a fairy tale musical, you say yes.

— Robert Lopez

I'm not an advocate of true rhymes, I don't think. I think that everyone who writes musical theater needs to know how…

— Robert Lopez

I don't think I met an actual Mormon until college, and by that time, I was wary of them. I knew about…

— Robert Lopez

I'm sort of agnostic. I grew up Catholic and switched to Episcopalian in college because I sang in churches to have money…

— Robert Lopez

I'm not really a 'puppet' person in particular; I think they are very theatrical, and I've found different uses for them in…

— Robert Lopez

I think one of my favorite productions ever was Sondheim's 'Assassins' at the Roundabout in 2004. Beyond brilliant.

— Robert Lopez

We love the great Disney songs - they have always inspired us in our work and in our lives! But for 'Let…

— Robert Lopez

People are born with the ability to make judgments. And they can't help but use the information they have to divine something…

— Robert Lopez

If all you have is satire, your show will close. Even if all you have is comedy, your show will close. The…

— Robert Lopez

The things that I have done that haven't been as successful have been things that have been largely out of the public…

— Robert Lopez

Whenever someone wants to say something to a whole mass of people by breaking into song, there's probably something wrong with them.

— Robert Lopez

If you're doing a musical, you should be out to give the audience something special, emotional, an uplifting feeling, something that stays…

— Robert Lopez

There's been a lot of Catholic parody - 'Nunsense,' 'Sister Mary Ignatius' - I think they've almost been done to death, actually.

— Robert Lopez

When you're trying to do a traditional book musical like 'Book of Mormon,' it's always nice to have characters that could very…

— Robert Lopez

I don't know any Mormon that doesn't have warm memories of their family.

— Robert Lopez

It's so important, after a song is finished, to go to sleep and listen to the song with fresh ears the next…

— Robert Lopez

This is one of my lesser moments, and one I'm not proud to admit to, but there's always a time I feel…

— Robert Lopez

If you're doing a musical, you should be out to give the audience something special, emotional, an uplifting feeling, something that stays…

— Robert Lopez

People try not to think about what's going on in sub-Saharan Africa. They edit it out of their daily lives. Especially Americans.…

— Robert Lopez