Cy Coleman Quotes

The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.

It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me.

Give me an 18-hour day on set or in the theater, and I will be the happiest person alive.

I grew up studying dance, taking ballet lessons.

The wonderful thing about theater is that it has so many people involved in the creation of it. The worst thing about theater is that it has so many people involved in the creation of it. That dynamic is thrilling and challenging every time you make a show.

When I'm acting, I'm just worried about that piece of the pie, contributing to the whole. But when you're directing, you... get the vision out of your head and on the stage.

You're always starting with a nugget of truth, whether it's a song or an improv scene.

As a director, you see something in someone; you know it's there, you just got to go get it. You do that with any actor. That's your job.

Dance fascinates me, and it is perhaps the most enriching audio-visual realm for a musician. Film-making also fascinates me.

Filmmaking is teamwork.

The good part is once I start directing, I can choose the songs I want to do. I'm just selective now when it comes to choreography.

I love to have a band, but dancers are my priority because I really want a show, you know?

I enjoy being a choreographer.

I was a dancer.

'The Company' was interesting. I didn't love it, although it might be compelling to someone who isn't a dancer. There wasn't a lot of dialogue, and you were just kind of observing the creative process of choreography and in class.

I never made a clear-cut in my mind between theatre and film, as I always felt that at the heart of both of them is storytelling and acting.

Directing is an act of interpretation.

This is all I wanna do; I want to entertain. I want to make music. I want do film.

When I was in film institute, stage plays were compulsory part of our training.

I think I'm a dancer in terms of what I do onstage.

Scripts and directors make great actors, not the other way around.

I'm always in the studio working on music and dancing.

Acting is fun, but directing is very stressful.

Acting is even stranger than I thought it would be.

I will never leave choreography and will keep doing songs, too.