Michael Urie

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We perform the show for the people that are in the room and then that performance is theirs forever and ever.
- Michael Urie
Collection: People
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Don't feel you have to stick to plans, because something better might come up; and try to blend in, because you see more. I've learnt that the principles of moving around a big city are the same everywhere; only the people and streets are different.
- Michael Urie
Collection: Moving
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I don't go anywhere without my iPod, laptop and at least one book.
- Michael Urie
Collection: Book
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Collaboration is when magic is made with more than one person. It's when more than one person finds common ground on the same page. That's collaboration.
- Michael Urie
Collection: Magic
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I go for cosmopolitan cities, and I like to be in the middle of everything.
- Michael Urie
Collection: Cities
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I never try to avoid 'Ugly Betty' fans, as I love them.
- Michael Urie
Collection: Trying
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I worked on three independent movies in close succession and I really learned from those directors how to stay on budget, make your days, get it done, keep everyone happy, which is a huge thing in a movie, and to steer the ship.
- Michael Urie
Collection: Independent
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A good role comes along, and a good role is a good role.
- Michael Urie
Collection: Roles
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From an acting perspective, I would say that you should always try to make your own stuff. Always be ambitious about your own projects and always know better than anyone else what you're good at.
- Michael Urie
Collection: Perspective
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I would have to say the most challenging thing about directing is the sheer stamina because... as a director, you're always doing something. Someone always needs to talk to you. There are always decisions to be made and every day for as long as the movie goes on. So it's a marathon... You don't have to look nice, but it's all day every day.
- Michael Urie
Collection: Nice
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What I think I know about dating is that you can't take back something you say in a date. You can't lie, and you can't pretend to be someone you're not unless it's not going well and you never see them again. It never works if you try to make yourself seem like someone you're not, and you want to keep dating them. Be yourself. Don't embellish. It will always come back to get you.
- Michael Urie
Collection: Being Yourself
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The end of the play is kind of the beginning.
- Michael Urie
Collection: Kind
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The theater is a place that doesn't always but can reward hard work and tenacity, unlike television.
- Michael Urie
Collection: Hard Work
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I'm not the singer that I wish I was or that some people think I could be. I wish I had the pipes to just jump into musicals.
- Michael Urie
Collection: Thinking
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I think a lot of women would like to eat like a man, especially on a date. But they're probably afraid to. But a guy would love to see a woman with a healthy appetite. They love seeing women with a healthy appetite.
- Michael Urie
Collection: Men