“But when you get to know a character so well, you start to have insights that you can't show because you're confined to your script of your hit show.” KnowsWellsCharacterShowsScriptsInsightConfined Author:John Lloyd Young
“It's funny - Frankie Valli's story and that advice that he was just getting from, you know, Christopher Walken's character, is very true for someone who's in a creative field.” KnowsCharacterStoriesCreativeAdviceFieldsVery True Author:John Lloyd Young
“I was a Hollywood musical fan as a kid, and I know how rare it is for someone who originates the Broadway role to get to then do it on screen.” KnowsKidsRolesKnow HowFansHollywoodMusicalScreensBroadway Author:John Lloyd Young
“I know, for me, you know, my generation - I never would have known anything about Robert Preston's performance in 'The Music Man' if there hadn't been a film where he played the part. I just heard how great he was on Broadway way before my time.” IfsKnowsMenWayFilmKnownGenerationsHeardPerformancesMy TimeBroadwayMy GenerationMusic Man Author:John Lloyd Young
“I'm kind of happy to know there may be some kid or teenager now who might never have had the chance to see my Broadway performance, but gets a taste for what it might have been like now, because they can see Clint Eastwood's film."” KnowsKindMayHas BeensMightKidsFilmChanceTastePerformancesTeenagerBroadwayMight Have Been Author:John Lloyd Young
“I definitely worked really hard to evoke Frankie Valli, but not do a strict imitation, because I feel that a strict imitation is not as compelling to watch.” FeelsHardWatchesCompellingImitationStrictEvoke Author:John Lloyd Young
“I don't have a Jersey dialect. So when I approached the singing, I approached it the same way as an actor I approach a dialect, just as a singer.” WayActorsApproachSingingSingersJerseyDialect Author:John Lloyd Young
“I approach the singing kind of like with dialect thoughts in my mind. I have to sound like this on certain things to give that Frankie Valli flavor.” GivingMindKindCertainSoundApproachSingingFlavorDialect Author:John Lloyd Young
“I've learned to keep my work on the stage or on the screen.” StageScreensI've Learned Author:John Lloyd Young
“When you look at sort of pop stardom now, some of these singers, it seems like the idea of them was created in a marketing meeting, and then they just found someone to sort of fulfill that role.” LooksIdeasSeemsFoundRolesMeetingsMarketingPopsSingersStardomFound Someone Author:John Lloyd Young
“I think Frankie Valli did everything right. He kept singing. And you also have to remember, he was confined to a certain society, which was this sort of like - the wrong side of the law kind of society of Italian guys from the streets of Belleville, New Jersey. So he found his way.” ThinkingWayKindRememberLawGuyCertainFoundSidesStreetsSingingItalianJerseyConfinedNew Jersey Author:John Lloyd Young
“I think one of the ways that these young singers got started is that they would end up in clubs. And a lot of them were mafia owned. And so there was almost an unspoken kind of mafia sponsorship, which is just a very interesting part of that area's music history.” ThinkingWayKindEndsYoungInterestingAreasClubsSingersVery InterestingMafiaUnspokenSponsorship Author:John Lloyd Young
“I think you couldn't do this role or you couldn't be Frankie Valli himself unless you had a natural falsetto. And I had sort of discovered it by accident as a child or a young adult when you realize you have a special skill that you don't really have any use for you, and you just take it out at parties or to amuse your friends or to annoy your girlfriends.” ThinkingChildrenUseYoungRealizingNaturalPartyRolesSpecialSkillsAdultsYoung AdultAccidentsGirlfriendAnnoyingYour GirlfriendFalsetto Author:John Lloyd Young
“It was a surprise to me and a happy accident that it was such a skill [natural falsetto] - a latent skill and that there was a way to exploit it. And it was a key to playing great role Frankie Valli in such a huge show.” WayShowsNaturalRolesHugeKeysSkillsSurpriseAccidentsExploitsLatentHappy AccidentsFalsetto Author:John Lloyd Young
