Actor Quotes by Harold Prince

11 Actor quotes by Harold Prince

Harold Prince’s legacy isn’t just on stage; his words about the actor’s art reveal a seasoned mind at work. This modest set of eleven quotes distills his insights, giving readers a succinct taste of his theatrical philosophy.

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I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater.

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There was never any question that I would go to college, that I would travel, that I would go to the theater…

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Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don't think that's a good trend for the theater at all.

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

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Nobody has yet proven that taking a chance and doing something unique that an audience isn't used to is a bad idea.…

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All these actors who died before I was born, all the theaters and the artistic movements - all that stuff fills you…

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Lyrics can't do what they do - or should do - when you're creating a musical with rock lyrics. There's plenty of…

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I got successful awfully quick, and I wanted it... But I do think there is responsibility to move the musical theater form…

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Everything can't be a postage-stamp-sized project. Everything can't be a chamber piece. Musicals aren't even meant to be that, or identified with…

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The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably…

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I suppose a certain degree of adulthood has entered my life. Aiming for Broadway, I can't think that way any more. Of…

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I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage…

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It's a terrible shame if you're born the brightest guy in your class. If you're not, then you have to hustle-and that's good.

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I've never been able to understand where great artists come from.

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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…

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One thing is certain: We can't go back. The musical will never be the same as it was.

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The truth of the matter is that I have lasted a long time, and with it comes both good and bad things. One of…

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I was nine. I saw Orson Welles in 'Julius Caesar.' It was involving, emotional, imaginative. I've never forgotten it.

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

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I'm a pragmatic man. I'll veer on the dangerous side, because I love dangerous subjects, but I won't shoot a show in the foot.

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Everything can't be a postage-stamp-sized project. Everything can't be a chamber piece. Musicals aren't even meant to be that, or identified with it... It's…

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