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The musical is the one area o...

The musical is the one area of the theater that can give you the biggest buzz of all.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

Sometimes, thinking on your f...

Sometimes, thinking on your feet can be the most creative. Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you. Some of the most successful shows come out of shoestring invention.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

By the time I was ten, everyo...

By the time I was ten, everyone knew I wanted to be a producer. I was a very precocious little boy.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

Audiences aren't going to get...

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.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

Two of my theatres are 1930s ...

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.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

My dream is to be on my boat....

My dream is to be on my boat. Or on an island. Or in my house in the country. That's my dream.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

I love architecture almost as...

I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

The commercial and subsidised...

The commercial and subsidised theatre are intrinsically linked. I wouldn't have had the career I have had without the opportunities I had through the subsidised sector. However, I do think, in any walk of life, subsidy for the sake of subsidy is not always healthy.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

My own tastes happen to be in...

My own tastes happen to be in tune with what the public wants. I think that's the reason my batting average is so high, not because I've discovered some brilliant formula.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

I survived because I never to...

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.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

Having a think about whether ...

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.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

It horrifies me how much it c...

It horrifies me how much it costs to put on shows now, mainly due to EU regulations. The freedom to be entrepreneurial is no longer there. It's a massive business now.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

An old building is like a sho...

An old building is like a show. You smell the soul of a building. And the building tells you how to redo it.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

I'm privileged to have had so...

I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are ?20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

I don't commit to things unle...

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!

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

I think the worst thing that ...

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.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

I'm a war baby: I was brought...

I'm a war baby: I was brought up with rationing, and my parents always had to struggle. I remember when I was sent to boarding school - Prior Park College in Bath - my father was asked how he was going to pay the fees, and he replied: 'In arrears.'

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

If there's too much of you aro...

If there's too much of you around, people can get tired of you.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

Having a think about whether y...

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.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

I am in that glorious position...

I am in that glorious position where I can redesign and re-package my own work.

Cameron Mackintosh 17 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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