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James Lapine Quotes

American - Director | January 1, 1949 -

Most musicals are real crowd pleasers.

Real Crowd Musicals Most

Some of the things I've done in my life, I've done to make money because I had to make money... and some things I did just because they were on my mind and they were of interest to me... some of the little plays I wrote.

Life Money Mind Me My Life Done

I just don't really think of career. I've never been driven by career.

Think Career Never Driven Been Just

I designed a theater magazine that was full of plays and essays about the theater, and then I worked at a theater school. By osmosis or something, I was learning from reading plays and not being analytical about them, but when I would read them, the joy in me was mostly from imagining them in my head and visualizing them.

Learning School Joy Me Reading Head

I think visually... so, even when I'm writing a play, I'm envisioning it.

Writing Think Play Even I Think

In most audience-participation shows, the participant is so clearly not a part of what's going on that it's the fish-out-of-water aspect that makes it funny.

Funny Clearly Going Most Part Makes

We live in an era of reinvention: Madonna and everybody desperately trying to change their persona.

Change Live Trying Reinvention Era

I am thrilled to receive the Sondheim Award from the wonderful Signature Theatre. I have already received the invaluable gift of over twenty-five years of collaboration and friendship with Steve. Now I get to have his award, too!

Friendship I Am Collaboration Theatre

I don't do movie junket-y things, because I don't really do movies that much.

Movies Things Because Much Movie

I've ended up working with Disney a lot, which is kind of peculiar. In theater, I've done a couple of projects with them and written a couple movies and whatnot.

Done Movies Kind Up Peculiar Disney

I'm never so into the three-act movie thing. I know that's the form that people talk about, but it seems to me, in the movie, you just have to keep charging forward. You couldn't start over again like you do after an intermission. You just had to keep the plot moving forward.

Moving Forward People Moving Start

If you're like me and nosy, you're always eavesdropping on other people's conversations.

People Me You Always Conversations

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