Quotable Quotes: On the Red Carpet with the Guys of Glengarry

WHAT: Opening night

WHERE: Sardi's

WHEN: May 1, 2005

"It's terrifying and exhilarating all at once. It's so exciting to be able to do this."--Gordon Clapp on being on Broadway

"It feels like I've never been here frankly. I mean it's amazing. It's really kind of a whirlwind." --Liev Schreiber on returning to Broadway

"Joe Mantello is the uber director. I wrote him a card tonight saying basically, 'Will you adopt me?'"--Jeffrey Tambor on Glengarrydirector Joe Mantello

"It's one of the great plays of America. It really captures something about business. Not just in America but all business that is sort of the worst way we treat each other." --Alan Alda

"This is not about real estate or salesmen. This is about greed, fear, money and what can happen to integrity--that's what I think. The salesman thing is just a patina, it's just a platform."--Jeffrey Tambor

"I feel like I'm home now. The stage is just so much fun and this is a very expressive play." --Gordon Clapp

"It's such a distinctively American play and it rivals anything. I think it's probably one of the most definitive and best American plays ever written because it is so specific in it's language and regionalities." --Liev Schreiber

"This cast is a real ensemble. There wasn't any time for any divas. Nobody was even interested in that." --Tom Wopat

"Pitching. You're pitching yourself constantly which is probably why there are so many plays about sales. I think also it's like life." --Liev Schreiber on how acting is like sales

"This requires more precise ensemble playing than anything I've ever been in and everybody in this company is there for everybody else every second. Nobody steps out in front of the others ever."--Alan Alda

"He's not a dictator. He lets the play emerge, and he lets the production emerge from the people he has to work with. He tells you when he's confused and that's great. That's a great director." --Gordon Clapp on director Joe Mantello

"I don't like show business. I don't like the business. I love acting. I love this. I love talking to people." --Jeffrey Tambor

"He was so happy about this production. It made me very very happy because I think he's the one we all wanted to make sure really really went for it because it's such a great play." --Alan Alda on meeting playwright David Mamet

"There's a lot of selling that goes on and there's a lot of bullshit that goes on."--Gordon Clapp on how acting is like sales

"I'm a new father and a grandfather and I'm on Broadway. I mean, hey!"--Jeffrey Tambor

Interviews by Beth Stevens
Compiled by Grace Hernandez