Quotes by Harold Prince

Harold Prince

A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run.

Guarantees

Running

Stars

Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to meet deadlines, not to be organized, is at heart a sign of your own insecurity and at worst the sign of an amateur.

Heart

Self

Sick

Audiences are quite happy to be astonished, and they don’t care who does that astonishing.

Audience

Care

Doe

Criticism is valuable… and self-congratulatory experiences are not.

Criticism

Self

Valuable

Despite the successes, you remember the failures – rather lovingly.

Despite

Remember

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

Good Times

Shows

Theatre

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

Directors

Producers

Theater

I don’t like abrasion while I’m working. I don’t thrive on chaos. I enjoy what I’m doing, and it seems to work better when I am enjoying it.

Chaos

Enjoy

Thrive

I don’t look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That’s really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.

Feeding

Important

Looks

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

Contemporary

Musical

Thinking

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Crazy

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Despite

Directors

Doe

Done

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Expression

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Quotes by Harold Prince

Harold Prince

A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run.

Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to meet deadlines, not to be organized, is at heart a sign of your own insecurity and at worst the sign of an amateur.

Audiences are quite happy to be astonished, and they don’t care who does that astonishing.

Criticism is valuable… and self-congratulatory experiences are not.

Despite the successes, you remember the failures – rather lovingly.

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

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

I don’t like abrasion while I’m working. I don’t thrive on chaos. I enjoy what I’m doing, and it seems to work better when I am enjoying it.

I don’t look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That’s really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.

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

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