Big fish Quote by John August

Big Fish was the first movie that we worked on together, and I had already written it. We had another director, but that director…

— John August

We always wanted to have a movie musical be made and be seen by a lot of people.

— Russell Mael

I really did start a whole way of thinking about musical theater.

— Joel Grey

I wasn't planning on doing musicals, but that's how I started.

— Cory Michael Smith

You know, sound was still a fairly new thing when I came into movies. And the reason musicals happened is because of sound. They…

— Stanley Donen

To be honest, it was a little bit of a surprise to me that my Broadway debut was a musical.

— Ethan Slater

I'm a Broadway baby! So, therefore, I started in the theater.

— Jennifer Holliday

I started out doing musicals.

— Zooey Deschanel

I didn't know I'd ever write a Broadway musical.

— Sara Bareilles

The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience.

— Bernadette Peters

I was a big Broadway fan for a while.

— Trey Parker

I started off in a high school musical.

— Claes Bang