Stephen Tobolowsky Quotations

I did children's theatre for three years, 1977-1979. We played at a school where three kids were killed in race riots that week. We entered the school under police escort. People threw bottles and debris at us on stage, but we continued our show about racism.

Alan Parker on Mississippi Burning came up to me and said he had heard I was interested in directing. He offered for me to follow him around and see how it's done. At the time I had no idea how amazingly special his offer was, and how much he would share. I will always be in his debt.

It's hard to beat Beethoven's "Piano Concerto #5" - got the tunes - got the power - got the joy.

The fall from your dream into reality is especially hard when you've seen that you can fly.

She has the voice of God.Someone asked me what I liked about working on Glee - I get to hear Lea Michele sing - a lot .

One of the biggest problems with having a dream come true is recognizing it when it arrives.

Using the stratagem of defining character by what changes and what remains the same, the one constant always seems to be regret. We are defined by the objects of our regret.

Comfort is the enemy of the artist.

You can't beat life when you consider the alternatives.

Memory works according to meaning, and when something is important to you, the Google in your brain brings it forward all of a sudden.

On a single day, I read articles where I was described as being alternately 'lanky,' 'pudgy,' 'doughy,' 'balding,' 'utterly forgettable,' and 'constantly irritating.

Belief is a very peculiar thing: we tend to put more store in a belief we like than a fact we hate.

I have theatre-training, I love doing theatre, I've done Broadway.

I think I started realizing I was losing my hair when I was in Illinois. And it was traumatic. It was not something I had figured on in my life.

I think, in my life, there've been three times I've broken down into tears on a set because I was happy.

When I was a little kid, I told stories.

I would not have so many scripts being driven by demographics. The play's the thing - not the 18-35 year old male age group.