Leonard Bernstein
Composer, Conductor
"To be a success as a Broadway composer, you must be Jewish or gay. I'm both."
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Frank Oz
Puppeteer, Actor, Director
"I was a weird kid. I should've been gay because I listened to a lot of Broadway musicals. I don't know why I'm not gay."
Kate Smith
Singer
"I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway."
Bette Davis
Actress
"The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies."
Mae West
Actress, Singer, Screenwriter
"I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway."
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"I wanted to write for Broadway."
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"I did a Broadway show with Alan Alda and how much money can Alan Alda have."
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"I probably never would have been hired on Broadway had I not moved out to LA and pursued acting and film, which is sad really."
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"I believe we have to bring Broadway a little Latino flair. We have to keep it alive."
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"I've been in this business 25 years. I've been eking out a living doing Broadway, off-Broadway... I've seen the unemployment line a lot."
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"[Vincent Price] did Oscar Wilde on Broadway, and I think he probably did it because he was almost like an Oscar Wilde. He had that brilliant humor."
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"I'm excited to flex my Broadway muscles - it keeps you alive as an actor."
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"I absolutely loved my stint on Broadway in Hairspray."
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"I feel like being on Broadway will convince my mother that my theater degree was worth it."
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"Yes, I am a failed playwright. I had three shows on Broadway by the time I was 30. They all flopped, and I fled."
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"A dilettantism in nature is barren and unworthy. A fop of fields is no better than his brother on Broadway."
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"I'd rather be thin than famous but I'm fat paste that in your broadway show"
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"It became apparent to me really fast that I wasn't going to be able to make a living and pay my bills playing on Broadway."
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"I know, for me, you know, my generation - I never would have known anything about Robert Preston's performance in 'The Music Man' if there hadn't been a film where he played the part. I just heard how great he was on Broadway way before my time."
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"I'm kind of happy to know there may be some kid or teenager now who might never have had the chance to see my Broadway performance, but gets a taste for what it might have been like now, because they can see Clint Eastwood's film.""
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"'Tommy' was the first show I ever saw on Broadway. I was 14. It wasn't 'the show' that started that flame in me or anything, but it did excite me in a way no other show had. I'd never seen a show so brilliantly cast and directed."
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"The possibilities are endless for me - Broadway, TV, music and film."
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