I don't have any focus groups on talent and programming. If I need five people in a mall to be paid $40 to tell me how to do my job, I shouldn't do my job.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't want to be in boardrooms talking about hiring hairdressers and minivans. I'm not good at it, and I don't like to hire and fire people. I hate that. It's horrible.
Businesses want to be in places where there is a deep talent pool.
You know, I never knew if I had any talent when I started in this business. My first job was being a page at The Tonight Show. I saw Jack Paar come out one night and sit on the edge of his desk and talk about what he'd done the night before. I thought, 'I can do that!' I used to do that on a street corner in the Bronx with all my buddies.
You can't do things for money. You just can't act them. There's gotta be something about the script that you really want to do. I wouldn't do a job if I didn't think I could do the best work I possibly could.
When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.
When I look for people to work with, I'm just looking for talented people.
I have a place in the Broadway community that can only be earned.
There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.
I'm not interested in making money. It's just that with my talent, I'm cursed with it.
My job is the same if I'm making a new musical or making a play for sixty-five people or doing a live television broadcast. The job is to take care of the actor; the job is to create an environment where they can excel and try to access all their attributes.