Author: Scott Ellis

Quotes

As an actor, you don't have control over what you do, whom you work with.

As an actor, you don't have control over what you do, whom you work with.

- Scott Ellis

My acting experience has been a benefit. What I learned from directors is how to listen to and talk with actors. I know how they think and what they need.

My acting experience has been a benefit. What I learned from directors is how to listen to and talk with actors. I know how they think and what they need.

- Scott Ellis

The smartest thing a director can do is surround himself with really good people.

The smartest thing a director can do is surround himself with really good people.

- Scott Ellis

The theatre show-biz types don't change much, no matter what era we're in. The question of how you balance being in show business with your personal life isn't very different.

The theatre show-biz types don't change much, no matter what era we're in. The question of how you balance being in show business with your personal life isn't very different.

- Scott Ellis

My first time ever on the Tony Awards was in 1984, the year of 'The Rink.'

My first time ever on the Tony Awards was in 1984, the year of 'The Rink.'

- Scott Ellis

I get to choose the people I work with.

I get to choose the people I work with.

- Scott Ellis

I always have to come back to shows to take out the improvements actors have put in. Laughs are addictive, and sometimes they're good laughs, and sometimes they're bad laughs.

I always have to come back to shows to take out the improvements actors have put in. Laughs are addictive, and sometimes they're good laughs, and sometimes they're bad laughs.

- Scott Ellis

'You Can't Take It With You' has eighteen people onstage at one point. Musicals entail a larger collaboration, and I love that.

'You Can't Take It With You' has eighteen people onstage at one point. Musicals entail a larger collaboration, and I love that.

- Scott Ellis

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