“The stuff that is done on Broadway is hardly theatre. It is part magic...” — Naseeruddin Shah Quote

“The stuff that is done on Broadway is hardly theatre. It is part magic show, part rock concert, and part conjuring things.”

“As an actor, you have got to learn your job as thoroughly as you can. If you know your job, then there's nothing that can stop you. Because the bottom line is that only good actors will get work.”

“Everyone equates good cinema with boring shots and boring films - where a character takes 10 minutes to walk down a corridor, and still nothing happens at the end of the shot. Those films tried to be cool and fashionable by dispensing with drama, which, in my opinion, is absolute nonsense.”

“A professional music career goes in starts and stops. Around 2000 I was doing a Broadway show and that was some real good energy.”

“I know, it's weird that I've never done a musical. I turned down two of them. 'The Lion King' and 'The Producers.' I turned two of the biggest Broadway musicals down, am I a mess?”

“Essentially I'm a melody person in a rhythm age, and that's what Broadway is really about, the songs.”