110 Quotes by Harold Prince

I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn't anticipate. It's really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you've never got it all nailed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

When I was a producer, the fun of the show was waking up with a hit and enjoying the period after the show opens. The fun of a director stops the day it opens. No matter if it's a success or a failure, it's not a whole lot of fun anymore.