94 Quotes by Joel Grey

It can take me forever to choose the right coffee cup in the morning. And it does make a difference!

I saw Lee J. Cobb in 'Death of a Salesman' when I was about 15, and I couldn't get up from my seat in the theater; I was so... I was weeping, and I was upset. And I find that people are still like that in a similar circumstance in a theater today, where they just can't get up. It's too heartbreaking.

I am concerned about the musical theater, selfishly, because I love it.

That's what people forget about, is that when things are very, very powerful in a sad way, they have that possibility of also being over-the-top, hysterically funny.

I don't like to bad-mouth other shows, but I was very disturbed after seeing 'Starlight Express.' It had very little to do with musical comedy as I know it. It had to do with sound and spectacle and records and technology and amplification.

I did a benefit one night at Carnegie Hall with Bono and Lady Gaga and Rufus Wainwright.

Whenever I get to work with great actors, I'm happy.

I'm always interested in the challenge of doing something new.

You can be taking two steps forward as an actor, but if a movie doesn't make money, you might as well be taking two steps backwards. It's all about economics.