Nathan Lane
Nathan Lane
Nathan Laneis an American stage, film and television actor and writer. He is known for his roles as Albert in The Birdcage, Max Bialystock in the musical The Producers, Ernie Smuntz in MouseHunt, Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, his voice work in Stuart Little as Snowbell the cat and The Lion King as Timon the meerkat, and his recurring roles on Modern Family, The Good Wife, and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actor
Date of Birth3 February 1956
CityJersey City, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
There's a freedom there and an understanding of my career and the things I've done. I'm seen here as primarily a comic actor, which is OK, but I can go to New York and I do something that's very emotional. It would be lovely at some point to do something like that on film.
There are some people that the press like to pick on and not just the gay press, but the press in general. And some people, the press just doesn't care about at all
Not to sound too pessimistic, but I just don't see me having the film career that I maybe hoped for after 'The Birdcage.' I think people just didn't know what to do with me.
I want the kind of career where I can move back and forth.
The thing that everyone remembers about 'Bambi' is that moment. 'The Lion King,' took it to quite an extreme because it was an action sequence: his father was killed in a wildebeest stampede - I related, because mine was, too.
Run! When she wrote about me, I was the clown who cried, and you'll be the costumer who cried. 'Oh, poor William! Fourteen houses and no boyfriend!
I got to do the movie, and people who enjoyed 'The Birdcage' came out to see me on stage when I did 'Forum.' It introduced me to a whole new audience that wasn't familiar with my stage work.
On a personal level, I don't immediately open up to anybody, even about what colours I like, much less something like this. I am my mother, OK?
It's hard to top this. There is no bigger deal in jazz.
They came to see that family need not be defined merely as those with whom they share blood but for those for whom they would give their blood.
Yes, it's throbbing, ... And I mean that in the nicest possible way.
I didn't know Charlie before doing the movie, but I was a huge fan of the British Queer as Folk.
All I can do is try to create the best show possible, and I feel we've truly done that.
Relationships, for me, have been elusive. And I would say mostly it's been my fault. I was always more concentrated on my career. And yes, you do question people's motives. Is it just because I'm him - I'm Nathan Lane?