Danny Burstein famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I was born in Mount Kisco, New York-although my family was living in the Bronx at the time. That's just where I decided to be born.
-- Danny Burstein

#New York #My Family #Born
I never thought I actually could be an actor. I was always pretty shy and quiet.
-- Danny Burstein

#Shy #Actors #Quiet
I loved the theatre-my dad gave me many plays and books to read. The dramatic form just spoke to me.
-- Danny Burstein

#Dad #Book #Play
I taught for a semester, but couldn't work out my teaching schedule with my acting schedule because they just didn't jive. So, I had to make a decision. And by sheer luck, I'm sure, I have not stopped working as an actor.
-- Danny Burstein

#Teaching #Work Out #Decision
It's very important to know the history and region going into it.
-- Danny Burstein

#Important #Regions #Knows
I try to make all my work as honest as possible. I want the audience to feel like they're watching two people talking-having a conversation-as opposed to watching actors fake it. I want the audience to get lost in the fact that this is so good it could be real.
-- Danny Burstein

#Real #Talking #Two

I've never had a treehouse because I live in New York City. It would be a little bit hard to fit a treehouse in a New York City apartment.
The coffee shop is a great New York institution, but it has terrible coffee. And the more traditional coffee shops are trying to catch up with more sophisticated coffee drinkers.
You can always count on the New York Times to cut your legs off.
My family joke that I'm really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.
I love cooking for myself and cooking for my family.
And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me.
Poets are born, not paid.
You can be born with a title, but not respect. You have to earn that.
I wouldnâ€™t say Iâ€™ve become more radical: I was born radical.
With rebellion, awareness is born

You may also like:

Alan Cumming
Actor
Audra McDonald
Actress
Bartlett Sher
Theatre Director
Bernadette Peters
Actress
Clifford Odets
Playwright
Elaine Paige
Singer
James Goldman
Screenwriter
Lanford Wilson
Playwright
Laura Benanti
Actress
Mary-Louise Parker
Actress
Norbert Leo Butz
Actor
Sarah Paulson
Film actress
Sutton Foster
Film actress
Tony Shalhoub
Actor
Victoria Clark
Theatre actress
Garth Kravits
Actor
James Schamus
Screenwriter
Jessica Hecht
Actress
Kelli O'Hara
Actress
Nikka Graff Lanzarone