Quotes by Patti LuPone

• I'm totally Italian, but I'm not a diva. If you could see the way I'm dressed in daily life, that's not a diva. Appearances are so not important to me.
• I think Madonna is a wonderful performer.
• The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television.
• We're not show-business people. We have a life.
• To be nominated was enough, but when I won I the Tony I just felt relief.
• Smile at a stranger. See what happens.
• I played the tuba in high school. I wanted to be a member of the marching band. I thought, what can I play that has the most effect? What can I play to get people to laugh?
• I learned a long time ago from David Mamet to wipe your feet at the door, get it out on stage and then go about your life.
• I just love chickens.
• I just create, that's what I do.
• Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we're all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.
• A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot.
• A show is exhausting when it stinks. It's exhausting when you have to work overtime to make something work.
• The word diva to me means doing something supernatural with something natural.