Susan Stroman Quotes

• You can't remember what movie you saw two weeks ago, but you can remember what Broadway show you saw two weeks ago and where you ate dinner - everything about it. There's something about live theatre that hits you in the heart.

  Susan Stroman

  Heart, Two, Live Theatre

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• You don't do any show to be celebrated. In fact, you don't do any show thinking what's going to happen in the end. You immerse yourself in a room full of talent and a room full of designers and you hope for the best.

  Susan Stroman

  Thinking, Rooms, Facts

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• I tell stories through dance, and I think that's why I'm so attracted to the theatre because even the choreography in theatre moves the plot forward at all times.

  Susan Stroman

  Moving, Thinking, Theatre

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• I always say that you can't be afraid to ask the question. What's the worst that could happen? The answer could be "no" and you go on.

  Susan Stroman

  Answers, Goes On, Worst

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• I know a lot of choreographers prefer to do abstract dance and not be bothered with a story, but even when I'm asked to do classical ballet or a modern piece, I still want to tell a story.

  Susan Stroman

  Ballet, Stories, Pieces

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• I don't want to work with someone who's nervous, I want to work with someone who is fearless

  Susan Stroman

  Fearless, Want, Nervous

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• I believe in serendipity, but I also believe there are times when you have to be the one who lines up everything so it can fall into place.

  Susan Stroman

  Believe, Fall, Serendipity

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• I think a woman who is successful is critiqued more harshly than a man is critiqued.

  Susan Stroman

  Successful, Men, Thinking

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• I feel the theatre is the most unique one of all [the arts] for collaboration. I feel very fortunate to be in a field where I really do get to have long conversations with the visual artists, the actors, the musicians. It's all art forms rolled into one and I feel very fortunate to be a part of it.

  Susan Stroman

  Art, Unique, Long

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• I'm really happy when I'm immersed in the art of it all - immersed in the music, the dance, the visual. Tapping into joy - it saves you.

  Susan Stroman

  Art, Joy, Really Happy

  "Joy Ride" by John Lahr, www.newyorker.com. March 31, 2014.

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• I am a storyteller, and I grew up with a father who told big-fish stories, so storytelling is very much a part of me. It was a part of my family.

  Susan Stroman

  Father, Big Fish, Stories

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• I think theatres will always remain a sacred place where people go for something live and experience things live, which is very different than the experience of film.

  Susan Stroman

  Thinking, People, Theatre

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• I think, though, the biggest heroes in my life would have been both my mother and father. My father because he was very brave and a kid from the Depression. And my mother, a child from the Depression too, who always remained so lovely her whole life.

  Susan Stroman

  Mother, Children, Father

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• I would love to direct a play. But I think when people look at me they see music and dancing and singing.

  Susan Stroman

  Thinking, Play, People

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• It is true that I visualize music and, as I visualize music, I have some sort of story running in my head, all the time.

  Susan Stroman

  Running, Stories

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• Even when I rehearse down in the bowels of the Metropolitan Opera, you can't help but think why The Phantom of the Opera was inspired by what happens in the bowels of the opera house.

  Susan Stroman

  Thinking, House, Opera

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• It is a miracle a musical gets up because of all the different departments and how much it costs. It is a miracle.

  Susan Stroman

  Miracle, Musical, Different

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• My father was very funny, so I grew up with humor in the house. And I was always really attracted to comedies on TV. I was always really attracted to comics.

  Susan Stroman

  Father, House, Tvs

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• I love art and I find myself at the MoMA all the time. Museums are a real refuge for me. I go to a museum for any break that I have, and I'm very inspired by art.

  Susan Stroman

  Art, Real, Museums

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