It was a surprise to me and a happy accident that it was such a skill [natural falsetto] - a latent skill and that there was a way to exploit it. And it was a key to playing great role Frankie Valli in such a huge show.
I think one of the ways that these young singers got started is that they would end up in clubs. And a lot of them were mafia owned. And so there was… - John Lloyd Young
I think one of the ways that these young singers got started is that they would end up in clubs. And a lot of them were mafia owned. And so there was…
- John Lloyd Young
It was a surprise to me and a happy accident that it was such a skill [natural falsetto] - a latent skill and that there was a way to exploit it. And… - John Lloyd Young
It was a surprise to me and a happy accident that it was such a skill [natural falsetto] - a latent skill and that there was a way to exploit it. And…
It's funny - Frankie Valli's story and that advice that he was just getting from, you know, Christopher Walken's character, is very true for someone … - John Lloyd Young
It's funny - Frankie Valli's story and that advice that he was just getting from, you know, Christopher Walken's character, is very true for someone …
I definitely worked really hard to evoke Frankie Valli, but not do a strict imitation, because I feel that a strict imitation is not as compelling to… - John Lloyd Young
I definitely worked really hard to evoke Frankie Valli, but not do a strict imitation, because I feel that a strict imitation is not as compelling to…
I've learned to keep my work on the stage or on the screen. - John Lloyd Young
I've learned to keep my work on the stage or on the screen.
I approach the singing kind of like with dialect thoughts in my mind. I have to sound like this on certain things to give that Frankie Valli flavor. - John Lloyd Young
I approach the singing kind of like with dialect thoughts in my mind. I have to sound like this on certain things to give that Frankie Valli flavor.
I don't have a Jersey dialect. So when I approached the singing, I approached it the same way as an actor I approach a dialect, just as a singer. - John Lloyd Young
I don't have a Jersey dialect. So when I approached the singing, I approached it the same way as an actor I approach a dialect, just as a singer.
I was a Hollywood musical fan as a kid, and I know how rare it is for someone who originates the Broadway role to get to then do it on screen. - John Lloyd Young
I was a Hollywood musical fan as a kid, and I know how rare it is for someone who originates the Broadway role to get to then do it on screen.
But when you get to know a character so well, you start to have insights that you can't show because you're confined to your script of your hit show. - John Lloyd Young
But when you get to know a character so well, you start to have insights that you can't show because you're confined to your script of your hit show.
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