If you don’t tell the whole truth about yourself, life is a ridiculous exercise. Joel Grey Read Quote
I had begun my professional career when I was 9 years old at the Cleveland Play House, and it was a very specific, real theater sort of like, you know, in England and the Berliner Ensemble – very devoted people. And I thought the theater was the greatest place I had ever been, and that’s what I wanted to do. Joel Grey Read Quote
For me to take a role, I read a script, and I think, ‘Wow, I don’t know how I’m going to do this, but I want to try.’ Joel Grey Read Quote
I think everything that happens to you becomes a part of what you end up doing and being and standing for. Joel Grey Read Quote
Being at the Play House, the only way I could see my life was that I would be an actor in a company, doing a lead role one week, a small part the next. That’s what I thought I was going to be. Joel Grey Read Quote
I was traumatized by a lot of childhood stuff. I felt that I was bad somewhere, starting with my birth. Joel Grey Read Quote
I never thought I would sing or dance – ever, ever, ever. My idea was to be Laurence Olivier or Peter Lorre or some great classical actor. I thought I’d be a character actor. Joel Grey Read Quote