Robert Lopez
Robert Lopez
Robert Lopezis an American songwriter of musicals, best known for co-creating The Book of Mormon and Avenue Q, and for composing the songs featured in the Disney animated film, Frozen. He is the youngest of only twelve people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award, and the quickestto win all four...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSongwriter
Date of Birth23 February 1975
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Every time I see a film or TV show, I think about how that composer made those choices and how that director envisioned music and how that could work onstage or in a film and how you could support that even further by putting lyrics to it.
Whenever Disney asks if you want to do a fairy tale musical, you say yes.
I think one of my favorite productions ever was Sondheims Assassins at the Roundabout in 2004. Beyond brilliant.
I like to think my sense of humor is sort of smart and dumb at the same time. I like to work on multiple levels - smart and dumb, funny and sad, profound and mundane, cynical and hopeful.
I only like to write shows that I feel like no one has seen before.
I basically never feel like writing. I am a happy-go-lucky, relaxed, fun-seeking kind of person. And working disturbs that, because it puts me in a state of anxiety.
Filipino pride. I'm so excited, I'm just sending love to the Philippines. I know they've had a tough year and I just send out my feelings to them.