Adolph Green Professions : Lyricist Born : December 2, 1914 Died : October 23, 2002 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Adolph Green You have to transmit to them what its like being in the theater. And it has to come from somewhere inside you and not by being like what somebody did last year. Adolph Green theater lasts years As a main ingredient to the show, it has to have truth, represent truth, or else it won't last. Adolph Green ingredients lasts shows I had met a young lady who wanted to be in the theater. It was Judy Holliday. She had somehow fallen down the steps of the Village Vanguard, which still exists today. Adolph Green village steps today We've managed to keep a spirit of fun, I guess, of urban satire and finding new and odd interesting angles to the ways of life to put on the stage. Adolph Green finding new fun life It never became an act in the sense of an act. It was always, no matter where we worked, little revues. Adolph Green act never always matter It's unfortunate we've never been just songwriters. Adolph Green been never just unfortunate We had a certain kind of really big prestige among, I suppose not just intellectual folk, but a sort of nice middle class intelligent folk of a very urban nature. Adolph Green nice nature intellectual class Similar Authors Irving Caesar lyricist Al Dubin lyricist Arthur J. Lamb lyricist Arthur Freed lyricist Alan Jay Lerner lyricist Bernie Taupin lyricist All Authors