Criticism is valuable... and self-congratulatory experiences are not.

A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run.

I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn’t anticipate. It’s really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you’ve never got it all nailed.

The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater owners are not the same.

Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to meet deadlines, not to be organized, is at heart a sign of your own insecurity and at worst the sign of an amateur.

The idea that I have to be on the same side of the fence as Dan Quayle is cruelly depressing to me, but the truth is, I believe in family values.

I saw 'On The Town' about nine times. I discovered it. I loved it. I was in college.