Quotes by Luke Yankee

“I was just always struck, in the original one-act play, by the intensity of the relationship between these two women. Its a very pure and loving relationship, and those lifelong friendships are so rare and unique. . . . One of them is getting ready to make her transition, and basically shes getting all of her ducks in a row. And her best friend does not know this and is terrified of death.”

“That was getting close to happening when Julie Harris had a stroke, and then my mother got ill and eventually died of lung cancer.”

“I called in a lot of favors.”

“When we did it in New York, it wasnt quite ready yet. But basically it gave us a stronger visibility in New York and really put the piece out there to a number of people.”

“I realized I had this incredibly rich legacy of Broadway and Hollywood memorabilia and I had to do something with it. My mother was not a household name but everybody she knew and worked with was one.”