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Sometimes I'll ask the book writer to write a monologue, not to be performed, just as if they were notes for the character.
Stephen Sondheim
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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
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Stephen Joshua Sondheim
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I've always liked puzzles, since I was a kid. I like party games, silly games. I loved chess. I enjoy jigsaw puzzles, but I'm not particularly visual.
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I don't like the word 'career'. When somebody says to me, 'oh, you've had such a wonderful career', I think, 'career - that's after you're dead.' I just don't think that way.
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Sometimes colleagues in performance are absolutely astonishing.
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Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on.
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One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.
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For me it's more fun to find an unexpected moment for a character to sing when you don't expect them to.
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If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.
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Now, this one might be a little stringy, but then again, it's fiddle player. That isn't fiddle player, it's piccolo player. How can you tell? It's PIPING hot! Then blow on it first!
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What justifies a character singing one idea for 3 minutes on the screen? I get impatient and want the story to carry on. I don't get impatient in the theatre.
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Almost all the shows I've been connected with have been extremely well cast. They're playing the show, not just doing the songs.
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I get some flak for and some resistance from colleagues for because I'm interested in storytelling. I mean what I like about songwriting is songs used to tell a story.
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I'm sure many writers have these strange, tiny little habits.
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