Arthur Laurents famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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We have a desperate need for producers in the [commercial Broadway] theatre, and it is very hard for them to get money and find investors for new plays.
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Psychoanalysts and elephants, they never forget.
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Closing Bell is unlike any play I've written.
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I think all minority audiences watch movies with hope. They hope they will see what they want to see. That's why nobody really sees the same movie.
-- Arthur Laurents
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Animals play a big part in my life, on tour or at home.
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My downtime tends to resemble my uptime. Weekends are workdays, but toned down. Over the whole weekend, I may have five meetings, as opposed to six on a weekday. I used to play piano for 30 minutes at night, but I had to pull that out of my schedule. I don't have time for nonwork stuff.
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I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's your homeland or when you're traveling. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life.
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Anyone who's got a guitar, you like to pick it up. I can play a couple of songs, some '50s rock and roll, a bit of Elvis. That's it, really - I'm not a musician, I'm not a singer.
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Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.
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Is she perverted like me? Would she go down on you in a theatre?
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Best performance of the year: Aston Villa v. Milan, September 1994
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I really look up to actors like Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett who have a strong background in theatre.
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What we need now for quickening is not so much money and wisdom as the spirit of supplication. Pray for yourself until the new life is infused. When that new life comes, it will lead you to pray for others.
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For though we often need to be restored to the small, concrete, limited, and certain, we as often need to be reminded of the large, vague, unlimited, unknown
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