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Michael Ritchie
American
Director
About the author
It's exciting to see a kid at a rehearsal meeting with someone who seems like such an icon.
Michael Ritchie,
American
Director
#Meeting
I had no training in the theater. I did not study it but just did it.
Michael Ritchie,
American
Director
#Study
#Training
#Theater
The trick is to have my own particular taste and feel for the theater to audiences who have been used to one particular style and taste for nearly 40 years.
Michael Ritchie,
American
Director
#Style
#Years
#Theater
#Taste
#Audiences
The audience includes subscribers, so you have to be careful.
Michael Ritchie,
American
Director
Sitting in this chair, my recommendation would carry too much weight.
Michael Ritchie,
American
Director
#Weight
Los Angeles has always been on the table with us.
Michael Ritchie,
American
Director
Just go out there and do it. It's not the easiest path.
Michael Ritchie,
American
Director
In next five to 10 years I probably would have done my best work, but I was afraid of having another 10 or 15 years ahead of me and feeling stale, so this was an opportunity to reinvigorate myself.
Michael Ritchie,
American
Director
#Work
#Years
#Feeling
#Opportunity
I've never presented. The logistics of that is a challenge.
Michael Ritchie,
American
Director
#Challenge
I'll be going to the granddaddy of the Los Angeles theaters.
Michael Ritchie,
American
Director
I have no interest in directing. I'd be a bad director.
Michael Ritchie,
American
Director
#Interest
I feel that I'm leaving Williamstown too early, but I'd rather leave too early than too late.
Michael Ritchie,
American
Director
I went into this job to do plays, but that's here for 10 weeks, and the rest of the year I do a lot of other things-the administrative work of planning, reading plays.
Michael Ritchie,
American
Director
#Work
#Reading
#Rest
#Job
#Planning
There's been a big spur in downtown development with new business, restaurants and a lot of loft buying. The buses run, and there's a subway that runs through downtown.
Michael Ritchie,
American
Director
#Development
#Business
#Buying
#Restaurants