I understood that I was not the best director in the world nor the worst director in the world. I realized that there is a very mysterious element to…

- Joe Mantello

Theater isn't there to provide answers. Only possibilities. I just ask the questions. But I believe hope comes from the fact that there is a potentia…

- Joe Mantello

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.

- 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 t…

- Joe Mantello

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

- Joe Mantello

I know there are different kinds of actors, but I tend to have less effective relationships with actors who have a very private process - who really …

- Joe Mantello

I like to hire the kind of people that I would want to be on stage with.

- Joe Mantello

I don't see the script as just a springboard for my interpretation. You do your best to serve the vision writers have - not by removing yourself from…

- Joe Mantello

But there is a process that happens when you're making something, be it a musical or a new play. That process takes time, and mistakes will be made a…

- Joe Mantello