21 Joe Mantello Quotes for You to Enjoy

Joe Mantello

American Actor

Born: Dec 27, 1962

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I understood that I was not the best director in the world nor the worst director in the world. I realized that there is a very mysterious element to what works and what doesn't work in the theater. And it's good to know that from the beginning. Joe Mantello

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I know there are different kinds of actors, but I tend to have less effective relationships with actors who have a very private process - who really need to do lots of internal work, so that I become merely a witness until they're ready to share. Joe Mantello

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I think, as written, 'Assassins' simply acknowledges the very human need to be acknowledged. As director, I've got to put aside any particular biases or prejudices that, as a moral human being, this is not an appropriate or acceptable way to get what you want. Joe Mantello

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I was a member of Circle Rep; I had done a little bit of directing there. I remember that I had a vacation from 'Angels', in which I remounted a play that I had done out of town called 'Three Hotels.' That's how I spent my week vacation. Joe Mantello

I think that from day one, when it became clear that 'Wicked' was going to have a life, that we have set a standard for ourselves that we are never going to shortchange the audience; that every person that we put into that musical is going to be held to the highest standards; and that nobody is going to be coasting. Joe Mantello

There are plenty of other actors who are wonderful that just don't work in a way that I work, or our methods aren't necessarily compatible. But then there are those you instinctually just are drawn to. Joe Mantello

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I don't believe really good plays - interesting plays, complicated plays - can mean just one thing to every single person in the audience. Joe Mantello

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Alison Pill is the unsung hero of 'Three Tall Women' to me. She's extraordinary in this part, and she makes it look easy. I'm just in awe of her. Joe Mantello

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I'm friendly with Laurence Luckinbill. He's a great man. Joe Mantello

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I'm tenacious. I work hard. I like people that I collaborate with to work as hard as I am. Joe Mantello

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I become involved with things that speak to me and move me and make me laugh and frighten me. Joe Mantello

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For some reason, I was deeply ashamed of the theater early on. I think it had to do with this growing sense I was gay, although I couldn't have put a word to it back then. Joe Mantello

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I was never in the closet as an actor. It never occurred to me that my sexuality was something to be ashamed of. Joe Mantello

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I don't think of gay writers. I mean if you were to say to me who are the straight writers, well, you wouldn't ask me that question. So for me to identify a little tribe of gay writers, I don't know. Joe Mantello

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I tend to go toward things that make me afraid. Joe Mantello

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