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

Smile at a stranger. See what happens.
Patti LuPone

I just love chickens.
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?
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.
Patti LuPone

To be nominated was enough, but when I won I the Tony I just felt relief.
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