Joel Grey

Joel Grey (born Joel David Katz 11 Apr 1932) is an American actor, singer, dancer, director, and photographer.

Quotes

• I called this doctor who was taking care of Rock Hudson. He said: ‘Do you have to kiss the actor?’ I said: ‘Yeah, it’s important in the script.’ He said: ‘Then I wouldn’t do the play.’ [Grey wrestled with it and chose the play and the kiss] I said: ‘I need to tell this story. As an actor it’s my job.’
  • On choosing to do the play The Normal Heart amidst the AIDS epidemic in “Cabaret's Joel Grey: 'Life is tough. But it's also beautiful'” in The Guardian (2020 Dec 2)

• Stick with it, be who you are. It’s going to be tough…But it’s also going to be beautiful.
  • On what he would say to his child self in “Cabaret's Joel Grey: 'Life is tough. But it's also beautiful'” in The Guardian (2020 Dec 2)

• I had to find out the psychology [of the Emcee] and who he was off stage so that hopefully I could bring that biography into those numbers..
  • On bringing gravitas to the role of the Emcee in Cabaret in “Cabaret's Joel Grey: 'Life is tough. But it's also beautiful'” in The Guardian (2020 Dec 2)

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