15 Nathan Lane Quotes

Nathan Lane quotes

1. I fell in love with the whole ritual. The lights going down, the curtain going up, telling a story to a large group of people in the dark. It was one of those moments where you think, 'I can do that.' You're in control on stage. And I love telling the whole story in one fell swoop. With movies, you never think, 'I nailed it.' In theater you get to go back and do it again, which to me is much more satisfying.

2. There's not a day in my life I'm not proud of being gay but I just wasn't ready for that attention to be placed on it. I remember being on Oprah. Well, not on Oprah. Near Oprah. She started saying, 'Now, Nathan, you got all those girlie moves going down in The Birdcage, where's all that coming from? You're so good at all that girlie stuff!'

3. I knew you'd understand.

1. As a kid, I loved Godot because of the poetry and the humor and the strangeness, but then as you get older, its much more resonant.

2. As a kid, I loved 'Godot' because of the poetry and the humor and the strangeness, but then as you get older, it's much more resonant.

3. Relationships, for me, have been elusive. And I would say mostly it's been my fault. I was always more concentrated on my career. And yes, you do question people's motives. Is it just because I'm him - I'm Nathan Lane?

4. But in order for anyone to become successful, sometimes you have to be that driven and focused, and maybe there isn't a lot left over for personal relationships - although I certainly have had them. It's not as if I cut myself off, but it makes them very difficult. This profession is very hard on relationships.

5. It's certainly not a shock to find that the industry has no imagination. I think people don't know what it is I do. Because half the time you're talking to people who are in their 20s, and I've been doing this for over 25 years.

6. Look, I'm over 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math!

7. I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.

8. If you've seen Mary Poppins and The Grinch, come to the Booth Theater and let me shove a little coal down your stocking.

9. All I can do is try to create the best show possible, and I feel we've truly done that.

10. My oldest brother used to take me to the theater. The first play he took me to see was 'Black Comedy,' then he took me to see 'Butley.' We'd see all these British plays. And 'Hello, Dolly,' with Pearl Bailey. I was unconsciously thinking, 'Gee, I would love to be able to do that.'

11. Hollywood... Real diamonds, fake breasts.

12. The reason I was in most of the movies I've done is that they paid for me to be in the theater.