53 Quotes by Joe Mantello

I want to do something very surprising next. I don't know what that is - something that has a high degree of risk.

I think the audiences in Chicago are really open. They're engaged and eager, and they don't feel cynical to me. Sometimes in New York, there's a sense of, 'Prove it to me; prove this is worth my time.' I never felt that in Chicago.

I have a concentrated period of work for about five months, and then I take a bunch of time off. That's just the way I work.

There are plenty of other actors who are wonderful that just don't work in a way that I work, or our methods aren't necessarily compatible. But then there are those you instinctually just are drawn to.

I don't believe really good plays - interesting plays, complicated plays - can mean just one thing to every single person in the audience.

Jayne Houdyshell and I - when I was 17 years old - did summer stock together at the Timber Lake Playhouse in Mt. Carroll, IL. She was the leading lady of the company, and I was an intern.

I am a very fortunate man, and I don't take it for granted.

Alison Pill is the unsung hero of 'Three Tall Women' to me. She's extraordinary in this part, and she makes it look easy. I'm just in awe of her.

I'm friendly with Laurence Luckinbill. He's a great man.