94 Quotes by Joel Grey

I wasn't sure what it would take to make it in the theater, but despite the struggle, that was all I ever really wanted.

The subject matter of the show, 'Cabaret,' was more than risky. And the emcee I would be playing didn't have a single line of dialogue. Still, it was full of possibilities, and it was mine.

I was already in my early twenties, but I looked much younger because I was fresh-faced and, well, short. So I did songs such as 'Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah' and jokes such as describing current events as 'ancient history.' Boy, did the audience roar at that one.

I was so successful in Cleveland, and we moved to Los Angeles, and there was nothing for me to do. All of a sudden, from being a success, I was a has-been at 13.

I never thought I would sing or dance - ever, ever, ever. My idea was to be Laurence Olivier or Peter Lorre or some great classical actor. I thought I'd be a character actor.

Often, entertainment goes deeper, in terms of ideas, than the newspapers.

When you cast cross-racially, another dimension is added.

I'd like to direct something at the Public.

The Yiddish language is so rich and unusual that I've always been hooked on its sounds, although I don't speak it.