You've got to be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?

The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of 'Carousel', and it was a very vivid experience.

Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there's great truth in the songs, and that's what was so wonderful to find.

I think my manager of 30-some odd years now, Tom Hammond. He's as fine a person as you could ever meet. And he's had great theatrical taste and has influenced me that way.

You've got to be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?

The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.

No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.