Tom Wopat

Professions :

Actor

Born :

September 9, 1951

When you're doing the traditional musicals, singing songs that are 40 and 50 years old, you realize there's a reason why those musicals are hits. These are amazing songs!

singing song years

It's amazing to hear, as a voice matures and then starts to decline, what kind of emotion is still conveyed by a really good vocalist.

music voice emotion

I sang opera, I sang show tunes. I got into a rock band for a while. I've sung a lot of different things.

rocks different tunes

I've made it clear to my agents that I want more interesting stuf... by Tom Wopat

I've made it clear to my agents that I want more interesting stuff.

agents want interesting

I did I Love My Wife on Broadway in 1978, and then went into television land. Now things are starting to come together in the way I thought they might when I was a kid.

land love kids

With Schubert, a lot of the melodies are very simple, but he's in this groove. He's in touch with his heart.

groove simple heart

I have no experience performing that music live in front of an audience. So that remains to be seen. I'm very excited to see what that's going to be like.

performing excited experience

The country experience was more of a departure. When you consider my education and my upbringing, you can see that was more of country rock outgrowth of my popular music aspirations.

rocks education country

I think now I'm being taken a little more seriously. That's pure... by Tom Wopat

I think now I'm being taken a little more seriously. That's pure conjecture on my part.

taken littles thinking

When Billie Holiday sings a song, I hear the song, but I always h... by Tom Wopat

When Billie Holiday sings a song, I hear the song, but I always hear her and her truth.

holiday truth song

I'm facing upstage, with my back to the audience, and the spotlight comes up on my back as I start singing.

spotlight come-up singing

As I've gone along, I felt like I was discovering an aspect of my voice that I didn't know was there: an ability to interpret a song in a way that makes it more accessible.

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The work he did with Sorrell Booke (Boss Hogg) probably defined o... by Tom Wopat

The work he did with Sorrell Booke (Boss Hogg) probably defined our show as much as the car chases.

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There's a guy at the record company who's 30, and he says, I would not listen to these songs except in this context. Somehow the recording process, the arrangements, make it more accessible.

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There were a couple of years when I wanted to be a football player, but I really always wanted to be a singer.

singer always football years

I listen to Steely Dan. I really like Steely Dan. by Tom Wopat

I listen to Steely Dan. I really like Steely Dan.

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