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10 quotes by Joe Mantello

Joseph Mantello (born December 27, 1962) is an American actor and director best known for his work on Broadway productions of Wicked, Take Me Out and Assassins, as well as earlier in his career being one of the original Broadway cast of Angels in America. Mantello directed The Ritz, his sixth production with playwright Terrence McNally, in 2007.
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But there is a process that happens when you're making something, be it a musical or a new play. That process takes time, and mistakes will be... →

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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... →

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I was always rather outspoken. I worried about what people thought of me but there really wasn't room for a lot of self-doubt.

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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... →

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Theater isn't there to provide answers. Only possibilities. I just ask the questions. But I believe hope comes from the fact that there is a... →

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I think good actors - good, collaborative actors who see themselves as leaders in a given production - can and should offer ideas that have nothing... →

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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... →

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I like to hire the kind of people that I would want to be on stage with.

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I think actors are brave souls that have to use parts of themselves that I'm just not comfortable doing anymore.

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If I hadn't gone into the theater, I would be a painter.

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