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
He's so interesting because you think you know Dennis Hopper, but you don't really know Dennis Hopper. I don't really know Dennis Hopper, I just know him from the silver screen.
My oldest brother used to take me to the theater. The first play he took me to see was 'Black Comedy,' then he took me to see 'Butley.' We'd see all these British plays. And 'Hello, Dolly,' with Pearl Bailey. I was unconsciously thinking, 'Gee, I would love to be able to do that.'
People always think I'm Jewish and changed my last name from Rabinowitz
People think they know who I am, because I've played so many very, very out gay men on stage, and they think that's me
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.
Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.
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.