We'd never do 'The Sound of Music' because the movie was perfect.

Neil and I are most thrilled that we were able to bring musical theatre to the enormous audience that 'The Sound of Music' reached.

It's expensive to produce musicals on television.

The truth of the matter is - when we look at things - every movie we do - no matter what the subject matter is - we go to the universal theme of family. We always go to that because if the movie is about family, then any audience can relate to it.

The future for us is not to go bigger but to go different.

We zero in on family as a theme because it makes the movies emotionally available to a universal audience.

He's perfect for anything. I would hire Hugh Jackman to come to my house and have dinner.

I think we sublimated our Broadway desires by doing theater in Hollywood - not on stage but by doing the movies of 'Chicago' and 'Hairspray' and also musicals on TV. We did Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella' and 'Gypsy' and 'Annie.' Even 'Smash' was like doing theater.

'Chicago' kind of set the bar in terms of how we approach musicals, and tone is one of the key elements.

I think maybe the most important thing that we have to say is that people don't often talk about network executives being brave. You don't talk about them as having integrity and a higher purpose, because it's a job... except for Bob Greenblatt. He is a theatre person. He loves and understands it.