Joel Grey Quotes

My dad would take me downtown, and I'd stand backstage and watch him in the vaudeville pit band. I was 6 or 7. He was a musician, a band leader, a wonderful clarinetist and saxophone player.

Joel Grey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 11, 1932

Topics

LeaderMeStandBandHimWonderful

I have seen a lot of now-great companies at their earliest stages, and these early-stage startups are not built by the senior people who know how to run and scale big-company machines.

Joe Lonsdale

PeopleKnowRunSeniorSeenWho

Early '90s, I was big, big into Sinatra. I was in college. I was fascinated.

Joe Carnahan

CollegeEarlyBigFascinatedSinatra

A lot of NFL guys are misunderstood.

John David Washington

MisunderstoodNFLGuysLot

Every film tries to advance the state of the art, at least a little bit. Brand new techniques? A lot of them are just evolutionary: we're just building on something that's like something we've done before and just trying to do it a little bit better or make it a little bit more realistic.

John Knoll

ArtBuildingBrandBetterTrying

Sensitivity isn't being wimpy. It's about being so painfully aware that a flea landing on a dog is like a sonic boom. I enjoy a lot of mystery.

Jeff Buckley

DogMysteryEnjoyBeingAwareLike

In my wildest dreams I never thought - well, I never thought I'd work.

Steve Carell

WorkDreamsThoughtNeverWell

I always want to have more dancers in my company.

Alvin Ailey

WantMoreCompanyAlwaysDancers

Most actors that I work with are wonderful. Jodie Foster or Tom Hanks will make anything work.

Robert Zemeckis

WorkWillAnythingWonderfulMost

I've worked all my life not to be a simpleton.

Roisin Murphy

LifeMy LifeAll My LifeWorked

I felt my father's presence with me, helping me to commit to paper the feelings I had. I really heard my father speaking to me from the other dimension.

Michael Landon

FatherMeFeelingsPresencePaper

I was definitely the kid who was the chicken, who didn't want to say the cuss words.

Jon Watts

WordsSayWantChickenKidWho

A day-time song like 'Word Starts Attack,' I want to make your heart blow up and make you want to punch the air with your fist. It can't be ponderous.

Johnny Marr

HeartSongYouWantAirUp

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