Satisfying as that ‘Cabaret’ role was, it is not the only thing I do. But Hollywood is somewhat limited in its perspective about what it is you do or don’t do. Joel Grey Read Quote
All the things you do, even the shows that don’t work, are as much work, but you learn more from the things that are difficult. Joel Grey Read Quote
My dad would take me downtown, and I’d stand backstage and watch him in the vaudeville pit band. I was 6 or 7. He was a musician, a band leader, a wonderful clarinetist and saxophone player. Joel Grey Read Quote
There are problems in doing television that have been plaguing me for years. I really like to have a lot of time, to rehearse and make things as good as they can be, but television often doesn’t allow for that. Joel Grey Read Quote
After my bar mitzvah, I started to assimilate, to really not pay attention to my roots. The anti-Semitic experiences of my youth had been very painful. You try to put all that in the past and become a person of the world. I think that’s the right thing to do. But it’s not right to leave out who you really are. That’s a tragedy. Joel Grey Read Quote
Eight times a week, I got to be a gay man, a remarkable gay man, and every night, that felt as full, as true, as passionate, and as authentic as I ever felt in my life. Joel Grey Read Quote