44 Quotes by James Lapine

I love the visual aspect of the theater. But I like what people have to say, too.

I am an off-Broadway, nonprofit kind of guy.

I was a youngish man entering fatherhood when we wrote 'Woods,' a patchwork of classic fairy tales with an original tale sewn in. I had dedicated my libretto to my baby daughter.

Something I like to do is watch someone else do their thing.

Fairy tales cross generational lines, and how you respond to them depends on when in your life you're seeing them.

Good musicals, a strange world, seem so easy. People say, 'Ohhh, it's magic.' Nothing's magic. A thing doesn't jell. Adapt. Change the rhythm. Shorten the scene. Rewrite the character. Maneuver the waters. Seeming easy is why so many shows aren't good.

The nice thing about the theatre is you can always change it. With a movie, once it's there, you're stuck with it.

Some of the things I've done in my life, I've done to make money because I had to make money... and some things I did just because they were on my mind and they were of interest to me... some of the little plays I wrote.

I just don't really think of career. I've never been driven by career.