31 Quotes by Terrence McNally

I like to surprise myself. I’ve always been attracted to projects where I don’t know how they’re going to turn out.

MARIA. So. How is everyone? Can you hear me? I don’t believe in microphones. Singing is first of all about projection. So is speech. People are forgetting how to listen. They want everything blasted at them. Listening takes concentration. If you can’t hear me, it’s your fault. You’re not concentrating.

In those days, you had to like one or the other. You couldn’t like Sutherland AND Callas.

I’ve had wonderful collaborators. They’re very different, just as actors are. Working on a show with Nathan Lane is different from working on a show with Chita Rivera. It keeps you on your toes because it’s different every time.