Joe Mantello

I think good actors - good, collaborative actors who see themselves as leaders in a given production - can and should offer ideas that have nothing to do with wanting to direct themselves.

I was always rather outspoken. I worried about what people thought of me but there really wasn't room for a lot of self-doubt.

If I hadn't gone into the theater, I would be a painter.

The weird thing about grief, for me at least, was when each of my parents died, for a year or two afterwards I was pretty wildly brave - just willing to take life on.

After ten years of word processing, I can't even do hand writing anymore.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.