Youre here: Home » Famous Quotes » Michael Ritchie Quotes


FAMOUS QUOTES MENU

» Famous Quotes Home

» Quote Topics

» Author Nationalities

» Author Types

» Popular Searches


 Browse authors:

Michael Ritchie Quotes


Page 1 of 1
Michael Ritchie
November 28, 1938 - April 16, 2001
Nationality: American
Category: Director
Subcategory: American Director

I have no interest in directing. I'd be a bad director.

   

There's been a big spur in downtown development with new business, restaurants and a lot of loft buying. The buses run, and there's a subway that runs through downtown.

   

Sitting in this chair, my recommendation would carry too much weight.

   

The trick is to have my own particular taste and feel for the theater to audiences who have been used to one particular style and taste for nearly 40 years.

   

I feel that I'm leaving Williamstown too early, but I'd rather leave too early than too late.

   

In next five to 10 years I probably would have done my best work, but I was afraid of having another 10 or 15 years ahead of me and feeling stale, so this was an opportunity to reinvigorate myself.

   

I went into this job to do plays, but that's here for 10 weeks, and the rest of the year I do a lot of other things-the administrative work of planning, reading plays.

   

Just go out there and do it. It's not the easiest path.

   

I had no training in the theater. I did not study it but just did it.

   

I've never presented. The logistics of that is a challenge.

   

The audience includes subscribers, so you have to be careful.

   

It's exciting to see a kid at a rehearsal meeting with someone who seems like such an icon.

   

Los Angeles has always been on the table with us.

   

I'll be going to the granddaddy of the Los Angeles theaters.

   

Privacy Policy
Copyright © 1999-2008 eDigg.com. All rights reserved.