Top 70 Quotes by Harold Prince

About Harold Prince

These are some quotes by American author Harold Prince Producer, who was born on January 30, 1928.

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

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

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?'

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?'

Harold Prince

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.

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.

Harold Prince

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

You can't just keep recycling revivals. And you can't keep betting on the efforts of guys like me who've been around. You have to take the next step and bet on the next generation.

You can't just keep recycling revivals. And you can't keep betting on the efforts of guys like me who've been around. You have to take the next step and bet on the next generation.

Harold Prince

It's fine when you careen off disasters and terrifyingly bad reviews and rejection and all that stuff when you're young; your resilience is just terrific.

It's fine when you careen off disasters and terrifyingly bad reviews and rejection and all that stuff when you're young; your resilience is just terrific.

Harold Prince

'Evita' was four pieces of slick paper and a record album. It's the most scary, to sit down and dictate a musical scene by scene. It was a musical unlike anything I'd ever seen before myself.

'Evita' was four pieces of slick paper and a record album. It's the most scary, to sit down and dictate a musical scene by scene. It was a musical unlike anything I'd ever seen before myself.

Harold Prince

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

I've always loved Victorian melodrama. And I've always liked larger-than-life theater, providing it's truthful and honest. I like what the theater can provide in energy and bombast - I enjoy it when it's large, and by that I don't mean in size, I mean in emotions. Shakespeare did that.

Harold Prince

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