There's a kind of silliness in the theater about what one contributes to a show. The producer obviously contributes the money... but must the actor contribute nothing at all? I'm not a modest fellow about those things. I contribute a great deal. And they always manage to hang you for having an interpretation. Isn't [the theater] where your imagination should flower? Why must it always be dull as shit?


Responding to criticism that his performances were too dominating of the material. PBS: Stars Over Broadway.

Zero Mostel Quotes

There's a kind of silliness in the theater about what one contributes to a show. The producer obviously contributes the money... but must the actor...

There's a kind of silliness in the theater about what one contributes to a show. The producer obviously contributes the money... but must the actor...

There's a kind of silliness in the theater about what one contributes to a show. The producer obviously contributes the money... but must the actor...

There's a kind of silliness in the theater about what one contributes to a show. The producer obviously contributes the money... but must the actor...