“Listen - I like musicals. Even when they're bad, there's a couple of dancers I can watch.” I CanWatchesCoupleDancer Author:Richard Schiff
“I was doing a play out in L.A. 20-some-odd years ago called 'Goose and Tomtom' by David Rabe, and somebody saw it and the next thing I know I'm doing the table read of the film version of 'Glengarry Glen Ross' with Al Pacino and Jack Lemmon - one of the great films of our generation.” KnowsYearsPlayFilmNextSawsGenerationsYears AgoTablesVersionsOddAlsGeeseOur GenerationGreat Film Author:Richard Schiff
“We are often too late with our brilliance. We are on time delay. The only instant gratification comes in the form of potato chips. The rest will find us by surprise somewhere down the road maybe as we sleep and dream of other things.” DreamFormSleepLateSurpriseInstantToo LateDelayChipsPotatoesGratificationBrillianceDown The RoadInstant GratificationPotato ChipsSleep And DreamSomewhere Down The Road Author:Richard Schiff
“Every role is challenging in its own way, but the most challenging roles are the ones that are badly written - then it's completely up to you to come up with something that is interesting to the story and myself as an actor.” WayStoriesActorsChallengesInterestingRolesWrittenCome UpUp To You Author:Richard Schiff
“I tell my kids and I tell proteges, always have humility when you create and grace when you succeed, because its not about you. You are a terminal for a higher power. As soon as you accept that, you can do it forever.” KidsCan DoAcceptingForeverGraceHumilityHigherSucceedYou Can Do ItHigher PowerTerminal Author:Quincy Jones
“Music was the one thing I could control. It was the one world that offered me freedom. When I played music, my nightmares ended. My family problems disappeared. I didnt have to search for answers. The answers lay no further than the bell of my trumpet and my scrawled, pencilled scores. Music made me full, strong, popular, self-reliant and cool.” WorldMadeSelfProblemStrongAnswersOne ThingMy FamilyLaysScoreNightmareBellsTrumpetsSelf ReliantFamily Problems Author:Quincy Jones
“Im probably the only one in the world you can name thats worked with Billie Holiday, Louie Armstrong, Ella, Duke, Miles, Dizzy, Ray Charles, Aretha, Michael Jackson, rappers. Fly Me to the Moon was played on the moon by Buzz Aldrin. Sinatra. Paul Simon. Tony Bennett. Im the only one.” WorldNamesMoonMilesHolidayRaysRapperDukesBuzzArmstrongDizzy Author:Quincy Jones
“I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America.” WellsLongHas BeensAmericaBlackStreetsLong TimeTraditionHip HopHipsHopsSociologyPulseBlack Music Author:Quincy Jones
“Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.” BlueBoss Author:Quincy Jones
“A lot of auditions are not fun; they're just a necessary evil, and, if you're lucky, you have a few moments that are fun.” IfsMomentsEvilFunLuckyAuditionsLucky YouNecessary Evil Author:Kristen Connolly