47 Quotes by Cameron Mackintosh

I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money but I didn't have it for many decades.

I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.

I've never had a very great public life.

I've taken considerable gambles on shows, but they're very considered gambles.

What musicals need is a new me.

I survived because I never took on big responsibilities in my private life. In the early days, I lived on two or three pounds a week and learned to cook - and I'm a good cook - because I had to. Even when I went on holiday, I stayed in other people's houses.

Two of my theatres are 1930s and the other five are by Sprague, the greatest Edwardian architect of the lot. They've needed a lot of work doing to them but they were built very well.

I've spent more money on my theatres since I bought them than I did buying them.

Darling, when you're as old as I am, you cherish the very few musicals that have come your way that you know are great classics. You become their guardian.