Michael Ritchie Quotes

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.

I have no interest in directing. I’d be a bad director.

I had no training in the theater. I did not study it but just did it.

I feel that I’m leaving Williamstown too early, but I’d rather leave too early than too late.

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.

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.