I’m sure there are actors out there who work with other actors on a consistent basis – I am not one of them. Patti LuPone Read Quote
New York seems to be thriving, which I’m grateful for. But I would hope that they would figure out how to negotiate the traffic and limit the pedicabs, because it seems to me that it’s becoming a more chaotic city. Patti LuPone Read Quote
All my career, I’ve said this: Critics and producers think audiences want actors that only present the silhouette and hit the points in the silhouette. What I do is too dangerous. Patti LuPone Read Quote
I don’t listen to the contemporary pop artists. They all sound alike, anyway. Patti LuPone Read Quote
Let me say I was trained at Juilliard. I have a very high standard. I expect everybody around me to work equally as hard because people pay a lot of money for tickets. They demand the best that we have. Patti LuPone Read Quote
What’s the difference in opening from scratch in Philly or opening from scratch in New York? The old out-of-town tryout circuit – taking the show pre-Broadway to cities like Boston, New Haven, Philadelphia, Washington – has sort of been replaced with the amount of workshops we do. Patti LuPone Read Quote
I know what it means to have a leading part, and I know what it means to have a featured part. Patti LuPone Read Quote
The only thing we are as actors are messengers. That’s all we are. Correct? We are delivering the playwright’s intention through the concept of the director. And I come on stage; if I feel confident in the role, then I give it away. Patti LuPone Read Quote
