Craig Zadan

When you work on a passion project, there's always the chance that you'll get your heart broken.

— Craig Zadan

I think maybe the most important thing that we have to say is that people don't often talk about network executives being…

— Craig Zadan

We'd never do 'The Sound of Music' because the movie was perfect.

— Craig Zadan

When we did 'Chicago' and we announced Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, and Queen Latifah, everybody went crazy and said, 'What…

— Craig Zadan

Carrie Underwood clearly drove 'The Sound of Music.' For 'Peter Pan,' we had terrific actors but not stars, and we did not…

— Craig Zadan

To battle the odds - loss of interest, no funding, discouragement - requires someone who doesn't give up.

— Craig Zadan

We zero in on family as a theme because it makes the movies emotionally available to a universal audience.

— Craig Zadan

Neil and I share a desire for great quality in our work. If we are offered projects, look at projects, or consider…

— Craig Zadan

We're finding that the casting of 'A Few Good Men' is different from the musicals because the kind of actors that you…

— Craig Zadan

The future for us is not to go bigger but to go different.

— Craig Zadan

Basically, we had the idea of doing this production of 'Steel Magnolias,' and we spoke to Queen Latifah about it, and she…

— Craig Zadan

If anything's going to go wrong, it'd go wrong during 'Peter Pan,' not 'The Sound of Music.'

— Craig Zadan

The reality of producing the Oscars is that it's a blood sport. With social media, everyone has a chance to voice their…

— Craig Zadan

I don't understand how other producers who have no experience making a musical jump in and produce one.

— Craig Zadan

It was very, very difficult to be a student in the drama department and also review my professors' school shows. I got…

— Craig Zadan

I don't think we're going to break the law in terms of what you can or can't do on TV. We're looking…

— Craig Zadan

He's perfect for anything. I would hire Hugh Jackman to come to my house and have dinner.

— Craig Zadan

We couldn't even contemplate doing 'Hairspray' without a live audience.

— Craig Zadan

I would say that, first of all, if you have the honor of being chosen to produce the Oscars, you usually get…

— Craig Zadan

We called the head of CBS and said, 'We know how network television feels about musicals. Would you even consider doing 'Gypsy?''…

— Craig Zadan

It is very, very important that people understand that you can tell different kinds of stories, and they do, related to gay…

— Craig Zadan

There were no TV musicals until we did Bette Midler 'Gypsy,' and the success of that opened the door for us to…

— Craig Zadan

Neil and I are most thrilled that we were able to bring musical theatre to the enormous audience that 'The Sound of…

— Craig Zadan

We have a great musical sequence in episode five of 'Smash' called 'Let's Be Bad,' and it probably is the closest to…

— Craig Zadan

We've spoken to a lot of friends who are stars who could be great, and they say to us, 'Look, if you…

— Craig Zadan