I don't believe in the afterlife, so I do think when somebody passes, it's worthy of note.

Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.

There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.

But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there exactly as it was, and in a musical you could tell a lot of the story through songs.

Beware of anyone who says they know. Trust me, they don't, or they wouldn't have to say they did.

When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all the time. I may turn them down because this one's too tall and that one doesn't have a high enough voice or this one looks to old to match up with that one - there's a billion reasons not to hire somebody.

I got the regular call, that they were doing a Broadway musical of Hairspray, and would I come and audition. I was familiar with the movie, because at the time it came out my lover wrote for Premiere magazine, and we had to see everything.