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" At the end of the day, 'Shuffle Along' is about people coming together and making something extraordinary - and history not necessarily being kind to them. It's about the love of necessarily being kind to them. It's about the love of doing, regardless of the consequences. "

George C. Wolfe

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" Racists are deficient as human beings. "

" On different projects, different pieces of you will show up. Sometimes it's surprising which piece shows up. "

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" The rules I sort of live by for my theater career, which I hope to live for my film career, is that if there's something that intrigues me or fascinates me, or I don't know how to do it, then I should do it. "

" Our lives are connected in ways we can't imagine. They're connected even before we know they're connected. "

" I was obsessed with New York early on. I was watching sitcoms that were set in or around New York, like 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.' I was always very fascinated with the people who were on 'What's My Line?' and I always had an incredible obsession with the city. "

" Everybody wants to be remembered for the best of who they are. "

" When 'The Normal Heart' first appeared, the sense of urgency was so important. "

" Doing any kind of culture in America in which you are not trying to affirm a European aesthetic is war. "

" You adjust what you do depending on the actor. You evolve a vocabulary and a way of language and talking with each actor. "

" The world doesn't see a lot of gray. The world sees black and white, and then it understands. "

" I was raised to believe that other people's suffering was my responsibility. "

" It may take a while, but I think 'On the Town' has the potential for us to break down the boundaries between the traditional theatergoer who may have fond memories of the musical and those with a 'Broadway-is-not-for-me' agenda. "

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" The worst thing when you're working is to say, 'I have a question,' and the other person goes, 'No! This is what it is.' That kind of rigidity is very challenging because musicals are constantly mutating. "

" There are a lot of people who will tell you I'm very ruthless. I'm very fierce. If I feel I'm right, if I feel I've been violated, then I am like a warrior from hell! "

" Commercial theater, in its agenda to appeal to everybody, is often at the expense of the unique vision of the artist. "

" A music serves truth up to you in a really interesting way that allows you to luxuriate in its beauty and, at the same time, to hopefully see yourself in its fragility. "

" I personally am a very big fan of 'Romeo + Juliet.' It had a visceral power to it that I thought was just exhilarating. It was a very arresting and very disturbing and deeply compelling version of the play. "

" Confidence comes in going on personal journeys in a public arena and feeling as though you have a right to do that. You have to give yourself permission to discover what you need to discover and not worry about how pretty the journey is. If you're aware of the pretty, you're not going to dig into the mess. "

" To me, 'Show Boat' was the first American musical, the first to have the real texture of this country. "

" Broadway was very vital back in the '20s. There were probably close to hundreds of productions that opened up through the course of the year and through the course of a Broadway season. "

" I think we all have a primal desire to know as much as we can to find out about where we come from. "

" The wonderful thing about theater is that it has so many people involved in the creation of it. The worst thing about theater is that it has so many people involved in the creation of it. That dynamic is thrilling and challenging every time you make a show. "

" When 'Jelly's' went out on tour, no one really wanted it. It was undersold. And I knew if I gave 'Noise' to someone else, they would sell it as 'Stomp' with little dancing black boys. "

" Certain events make people come out of their little boxes and become part of the whole. "