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Harold Prince quotes: The idea that I have to be on the same side of the fence as Dan Quayle is cruelly depressing to me, but the truth is, I believe in family

The idea that I have to be on the same side of the fence as Dan Quayle is cruelly depressing to me, but the truth is, I believe in family values.

Harold Prince quotes: I always had a good time in theatre, even when shows don't turn out as well as I'd like.

I always had a good time in theatre, even when shows don't turn out as well as I'd like.

Harold Prince quotes: I'm crazy about Dublin. If you went back 3,000 years in my ancestry you wouldn't find a drop of Irish blood in the veins, but I love the place.

I'm crazy about Dublin. If you went back 3,000 years in my ancestry you wouldn't find a drop of Irish blood in the veins, but I love the place.

Harold Prince quotes: We've got to find a way to protect the process of making musical theater.

We've got to find a way to protect the process of making musical theater.

Harold Prince quotes: Audiences are quite happy to be astonished, and they don't care who does that astonishing.

Audiences are quite happy to be astonished, and they don't care who does that astonishing.

Harold Prince quotes: Criticism is valuable ... and self-congratulatory experiences are not.

Criticism is valuable ... and self-congratulatory experiences are not.

Harold Prince quotes: Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.

Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.

Harold Prince quotes: I'm always glad to see somebody rethink something rather than reproduce something I did.

I'm always glad to see somebody rethink something rather than reproduce something I did.

Harold Prince quotes: I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.

I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.

Harold Prince quotes: There are wonderful composers and librettists out there. It's the lack of creative producers that is troubling.

There are wonderful composers and librettists out there. It's the lack of creative producers that is troubling.

Harold Prince quotes: There was never any question that I would go to college, that I would travel, that I would go to the theater early and often.

There was never any question that I would go to college, that I would travel, that I would go to the theater early and often.

Harold Prince quotes: I really wish people - maybe it's naive - wish people had priorities and were willing to be artistic patrons.

I really wish people - maybe it's naive - wish people had priorities and were willing to be artistic patrons.

Harold Prince quotes: Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don't think that's a good trend for the theater at all.

Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don't think that's a good trend for the theater at all.

Harold Prince quotes: Despite the successes, you remember the failures - rather lovingly.

Despite the successes, you remember the failures - rather lovingly.

Harold Prince quotes: What's missing in the musical theater is producers willing to nurture new work, raise the money and put it on.

What's missing in the musical theater is producers willing to nurture new work, raise the money and put it on.

Harold Prince quotes: I don't look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That's really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.

I don't look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That's really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.

Harold Prince quotes: There have always been revivals. Some have always been successful. And many of them have failed.

There have always been revivals. Some have always been successful. And many of them have failed.

Harold Prince quotes: I've never been able to understand where great artists come from.

I've never been able to understand where great artists come from.

Harold Prince quotes: One thing is certain: We can't go back. The musical will never be the same as it was.

One thing is certain: We can't go back. The musical will never be the same as it was.

Harold Prince quotes: Most of the big money people don't know what would interest an audience if you did it. They only know what interested the audience last time.

Most of the big money people don't know what would interest an audience if you did it. They only know what interested the audience last time.

Harold Prince quotes: I don't like abrasion while I'm working. I don't thrive on chaos. I enjoy what I'm doing, and it seems to work better when I am enjoying it.

I don't like abrasion while I'm working. I don't thrive on chaos. I enjoy what I'm doing, and it seems to work better when I am enjoying it.

Harold Prince quotes: I'm a pragmatic man. I'll veer on the dangerous side, because I love dangerous subjects, but I won't shoot a show in the foot.

I'm a pragmatic man. I'll veer on the dangerous side, because I love dangerous subjects, but I won't shoot a show in the foot.

Harold Prince quotes: I was nine. I saw Orson Welles in 'Julius Caesar.' It was involving, emotional, imaginative. I've never forgotten it.

I was nine. I saw Orson Welles in 'Julius Caesar.' It was involving, emotional, imaginative. I've never forgotten it.

Harold Prince quotes: I saw 'On The Town' about nine times. I discovered it. I loved it. I was in college.

I saw 'On The Town' about nine times. I discovered it. I loved it. I was in college.

Harold Prince quotes: You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.

You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.

Harold Prince quotes: The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.

The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.

Harold Prince quotes: It's a terrible shame if you're born the brightest guy in your class. If you're not, then you have to hustle-and that's good.

It's a terrible shame if you're born the brightest guy in your class. If you're not, then you have to hustle-and that's good.

Harold Prince quotes: Nothing is staged exactly as it was, because I can't remember - and I consider that an advantage.

Nothing is staged exactly as it was, because I can't remember - and I consider that an advantage.

Harold Prince quotes: The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater owners are not the same.

The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater owners are not the same.

Harold Prince quotes: I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater.

I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater.

Harold Prince quotes: Producing should be a creative responsibility.

Producing should be a creative responsibility.

Harold Prince quotes: I don't think there's a defined contemporary American musical, do you?

I don't think there's a defined contemporary American musical, do you?

Harold Prince quotes: It's nice to stay up nights worrying about the material, and not about the investors who gave you $10 million to do your musical.

It's nice to stay up nights worrying about the material, and not about the investors who gave you $10 million to do your musical.

Harold Prince quotes: 'Showboat' is the quintessential family show.

'Showboat' is the quintessential family show.

Harold Prince quotes: I wouldn't want to be just pigeonholed as an extravagant director.

I wouldn't want to be just pigeonholed as an extravagant director.

Harold Prince quotes: A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run.

A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run.

Harold Prince quotes: The perfect expression of receiving a lifetime award is to be working when they're handing it out.

The perfect expression of receiving a lifetime award is to be working when they're handing it out.

Harold Prince quotes: I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.

I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.

Harold Prince quotes: I've seen a lot of 'Show Boats,' but I've never seen the one that thoroughly satisfies me.

I've seen a lot of 'Show Boats,' but I've never seen the one that thoroughly satisfies me.

Harold Prince quotes: You think, 'Musicals, they must always be romantic' - You'd be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic.

You think, 'Musicals, they must always be romantic' - You'd be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic.

Harold Prince quotes: I have a terrible memory because I'm not interested in the past. It's done, it's done.

I have a terrible memory because I'm not interested in the past. It's done, it's done.

Harold Prince quotes: I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.

I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.