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A show is exhausting when it stinks. It's exhausting when you have to work overtime to make something work.
Patti LuPone

A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot.
Patti LuPone

Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we're all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.
Patti LuPone

I just create, that's what I do.
Patti LuPone

I just love chickens.
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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.
Patti LuPone

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?
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I think Madonna is a wonderful performer.
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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.
Patti LuPone

Smile at a stranger. See what happens.
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The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television.
Patti LuPone

The word diva to me means doing something supernatural with something natural.
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To be nominated was enough, but when I won I the Tony I just felt relief.
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