"The hardest thing about a musical is making sure everybody is working on the same damn show. That is the monster."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

George C. Wolfe

#Musical Quotes

“I think it's been a little difficult at times for the audience, because they've told me they see me as a family member. So to see your little sister sing about sex... I think they are pretty used to it now.”
“I think in times of crisis it's the artists' responsibility to dig a little deeper.”
“A language is not just words. It's a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what a community is. It's all embodied in a language.”

Source : "We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân". Documentary, January 10, 2011.
“When I was a kid everyone used to call me pork 'n.”
“There is a passion of reverence, almost of pity, mingling with the love of an honest man for a pure girl, which makes it the most exquisite, perhaps, of all human sentiments.”

Source : Lucas Malet (1885). “Colonel Enderby's Wife: A Novel”
“A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is very important, but a great player is a player who can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders.”
“When you think about Broadway, you think broad and big, but the fact is there are so many plays that are very intimate, but fill a 1,500-seat house. Plays like 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' have deep moments of silence and intimacy to them.”
“In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.”

Source : Sam Houston (1943). “The Writings of Sam Houston, 1813-1863: 1825-1863”

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