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Harold Prince Quotes

American - Producer | January 30, 1928 -

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

Work Money New Missing Nurture Put

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.

Time Money People You Know Audience

I feel so much more comfortable when I'm working on material which makes other people scratch their heads and ask, 'You're going to make a musical out of that?'

People Feel You Comfortable More

I wouldn't be here if it weren't for 'Show Boat.' The kind of theater I chose to be involved in is completely a direct reflection of what 'Show Boat' made possible.

Reflection Boat Kind Possible Here

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.

Family Truth Me Believe Truth Is

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

Happy Care Who Quite Astonishing

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

Me Never Seen Show Boats Thoroughly

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

Art Money Me Create Something Word

I don't compare shows. It's very simple. I don't live in the past. If there's any secret to my longevity, it's living in the future. And a little bit in the present.

Future Live Simple Past Present

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

Always See Something Somebody Rather

I would like to see more new productions of new material by new composers/lyricists/book writers. I would like to see people take more chances. I think because everything costs so much they're not taking the chances they used to.

People Think New More See Chances

Nobody has yet proven that taking a chance and doing something unique that an audience isn't used to is a bad idea. What the theater lacks is that kind of courage.

Courage Chance Doing Unique Bad

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