“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
“I've been offered quite a few network shows, over the past couple of years, and always turned them down because I never wanted the commitment. The way that it works in America, you do a pilot and then you wait, and I just thought that wasn't really what I was interested in doing, in that moment.” WayYearsMomentsShowsWantedAmericaPastWaitingCoupleCommitmentThat MomentPilotsOver The Past Author:Oliver Jackson-Cohen
“I think it's very rare, as an actor, that you get to a script, or an idea of a script, and you go, "Oh, I just have to do that!" It fell into place very quickly.” ThinkingIdeasActorsScripts Author:Oliver Jackson-Cohen
“It was just hilarious how my first reaction was, "Oh, no, it's another vampire show. I'm not interested." And then, I read the script and thought it was brilliant.” FirstsShowsScriptsBrilliantReactionsVampireNot Interested Author:Oliver Jackson-Cohen
“I went to a French school, so we didn't study Bram Stoker there. I just thought it was a genius thing.” SchoolStudyGeniusStoker Author:Oliver Jackson-Cohen