American - Actor | February 3, 1956 -
'The Producers' is a sort of a once in a lifetime kind of phenomenon, and I was grateful to be a part of it.
Nathan Lane
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I never like seeing myself on screen.
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A video taped stage performance is just - you know, it's never gonna be the same as it is if you're sitting there live in the theatre.
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I want the kind of career where I can move back and forth.
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I got to do the movie, and people who enjoyed 'The Birdcage' came out to see me on stage when I did 'Forum.' It introduced me to a whole new audience that wasn't familiar with my stage work.
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As a kid, I loved 'Godot' because of the poetry and the humor and the strangeness, but then as you get older, it's much more resonant.
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Kevin Costner. I love Kevin Costner. That's all I have to say. I love Kevin Costner.
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He's so interesting because you think you know Dennis Hopper, but you don't really know Dennis Hopper. I don't really know Dennis Hopper, I just know him from the silver screen.
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What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'
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I was born Joseph Lane, but when I applied to the actors union, they said they already had a Joe Lane on the books and I'd have to change my last or first name. I had played the character of Nathan Detroit, whom I liked very much, in 'Guys and Dolls,' so I took the name Nathan.
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I'm really an honorary Jew, you know; all the best people are. I really do feel Jewish, even though I'm a Catholic. The way the Church has been behaving, I'm happy to be Jewish.
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My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.
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