"I just respond to the stories I'm being asked to tell." — Steven Pasquale

I didn't realize what a love affair I would have with big city life until I got to New York City. In a place like New York, granted it's utterly unique, you can get and have and do anything you want at any time of any day. It's bursting with culture and the cream of the crop in all walks of life. That sort of energy really excites me.

Television is a completely 1,000 percent different skill set than being on stage.

I'm not into dragon chasing - trying to become Bradley Cooper. I want to be a New York actor. I want to plant a flag in this community.

With every year that passes, the easier I cry. The wind blows and I find myself moved by something.

If I had maintained my athletic fantasy, I probably would have ended up as a fat football coach somewhere in central Pennsylvania. I'm really glad I'm starring in a Broadway musical instead.

So somehow we've got to get back to making stuff for people that are not necessarily interested in seeing the common Broadway fare.

But professionally I've never felt as strongly about a project, with the exception of 'The Bridges of Madison County', as 'The Light in the Piazza'.

The majority of great work that's being done in the theater is happening Off Broadway, where you can't make a living.

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I just respond to the stories I'm being asked to tell.