James Lapine Quotes

James Lapine

Profession : Director

Birth : January 1, 1949

I am thrilled to receive the Sondheim Award from the wonderful Signature Theatre. I have already received the invaluable gift of over twenty-five years of collaboration and friendship with Steve. Now I get to have his award, too!

James Lapine

That's the thing about dreams - they're ineffable. If you can get to the bottom of it, it's not a dream.

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It so fascinates me how we always laugh when somebody falls on a banana peel, how comedy and injury are often so interwoven. I've always been a sucker for that.

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Most musicals are real crowd pleasers.

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Fairy tales, which teach a moral lesson, are about ourselves. Myth deals with forces greater than ourselves.

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I'm drawn to dreams.

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I'm a very laid-back person.

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I like to keep a low profile.

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The music is the emotional substance of the show; the book just sets it up. Nobody goes to a musical to hear the book. That's the way it works.

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I love photography... I'd like to write a show about photography.

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When you're young, you envision happiness in such an idealized way.

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As you get older, you realize happiness involves a lot of problems.

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I need an audience to look at what I've done so I can understand it, so I can step back and watch them respond and figure out what they're understanding about what I'm trying to do and what they're confused about.

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There are certain images that always haunt me.

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

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I've grown more and more appreciative of good writing, and I now really hope I can become a better and better writer.

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

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You can't be theoretical when you're building a musical.

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Sometimes good news is hard to absorb.

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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.

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