Joel Grey

"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.’"

"Stick with it, be who you are. It’s going to be tough…But it’s also going to be beautiful."

"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.."