Cameron Mackintosh Quotes

An old building is like a show. You smell the soul of a building. And the building tells you how to redo it.
Audiences aren't going to get rid of me. One thing I can say, with absolute certainty, is that my shows will still be performed when I'm dead, buried and forgotten. They're going to absolutely outlive me, which is a wonderful thing to think about.
By the time I was ten, everyone knew I wanted to be a producer. I was a very precocious little boy.
Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.
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.
Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.
I am in that glorious position where I can redesign and re-package my own work.
I am not driven.
I don't commit to things unless I have my A-team to do it. And I'm not trying to be cocky, but that shows in my productions. They are top notch!
I don't like being in debt, and I wouldn't borrow money for anything.
I don't watch a lot of television.
I had set a goal of being a producer by 25.
I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money but I didn't have it for many decades.
I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
I love 'Glee.'
I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals.
I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
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.
I think the worst thing that could have happened to me would have been having a hit at 20. I don't know what that would have done to me. But instead, I had to scrape a living for years. And my first show, which opened in 1969, lost over £45,000, an absolute fortune then.
I used to have to beg and borrow £25 to hire some French windows. I started producing in 1967, and I was in debt until 1981. Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.
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