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# Harold Prince

(1928–2019)   Film Director   United States

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Harold Prince was a film director from the United States, best known for *Sense of occasion*.

## Quick Facts About Harold Prince

Born January 30, 1928

Died July 31, 2019

Nationality United States

Profession Film Director

Notable works Sense of occasion

## About Harold Prince

Harold Smith Prince, commonly known as Hal Prince, was an American theater director and producer known for his work in musical theater.

## Awards & Honors

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical Kennedy Center Honors National Medal of Arts

##  Quotes by Harold Prince · Page 2

> [Most of the big money people don't know what would interest an audience if you did it. They only know what interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/most-of-the-big-money-people-don-t-know-what-would-interest-an/)

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> [There's no lack of talent out there. I suspect there is a lack of creative guidance, and that would not be solely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/there-s-no-lack-of-talent-out-there-i-suspect-there-is-a-lack-of/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/i-don-t-like-abrasion-while-i-m-working-i-don-t-thrive-on-chaos-i/)

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> [I've seen a lot of 'Show Boats,' but I've never seen the one that thoroughly satisfies me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/i-ve-seen-a-lot-of-show-boats-but-i-ve-never-seen-the-one-that/)

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> [There have always been revivals. Some have always been successful. And many of them have failed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/there-have-always-been-revivals-some-have-always-been-successful-and/)

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> [I really wish people - maybe it's naive - wish people had priorities and were willing to be artistic patrons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/i-really-wish-people-maybe-it-s-naive-wish-people-had-priorities-and/)

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> [I wouldn't be here if it weren't for 'Show Boat.' The kind of theater I chose to be involved in is completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/i-wouldn-t-be-here-if-it-weren-t-for-show-boat-the-kind-of-theater-i/)

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> [What's missing in the musical theater is producers willing to nurture new work, raise the money and put it on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/what-s-missing-in-the-musical-theater-is-producers-willing-to-nurture/)

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> [When I started producing, it was George Abbott directing and he would let me do the scenery. He just wanted to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/when-i-started-producing-it-was-george-abbott-directing-and-he-would/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/i-got-successful-awfully-quick-and-i-wanted-it-but-i-do-think-there/)

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> [Collaboration is just, really, a group of people getting in a room with their eye on a very similar prize and wanting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/collaboration-is-just-really-a-group-of-people-getting-in-a-room-with/)

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> [When I was a producer, the fun of the show was waking up with a hit and enjoying the period after the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/when-i-was-a-producer-the-fun-of-the-show-was-waking-up-with-a-hit/)

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> [I've always loved Victorian melodrama. And I've always liked larger-than-life theater, providing it's truthful and honest. I like what the theater can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/i-ve-always-loved-victorian-melodrama-and-i-ve-always-liked-larger/)

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> [Ethel Merman would stay with a show for years and tour with it. So would Mary Martin, the great stars. They recognized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/ethel-merman-would-stay-with-a-show-for-years-and-tour-with-it-so/)

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> [Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/artistic-self-indulgence-is-the-mark-of-an-amateur-the-temptation-to/)

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> [I always liked the visuals to be choice and at the same time minimalist. And, I love black boxes. After all, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/i-always-liked-the-visuals-to-be-choice-and-at-the-same-time/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/lyrics-can-t-do-what-they-do-or-should-do-when-you-re-creating-a/)

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> [The perfect expression of receiving a lifetime award is to be working when they're handing it out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/the-perfect-expression-of-receiving-a-lifetime-award-is-to-be-working/)

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> [I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/i-really-don-t-spend-time-thinking-about-the-past-i-think-about-the/)

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> [It's fine when you careen off disasters and terrifyingly bad reviews and rejection and all that stuff when you're young; your resilience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/it-s-fine-when-you-careen-off-disasters-and-terrifyingly-bad-reviews/)

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> [You think, 'Musicals, they must always be romantic' - You'd be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/you-think-musicals-they-must-always-be-romantic-you-d-be-surprised/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/there-was-never-any-question-that-i-would-go-to-college-that-i-would/)

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> [The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/the-truth-is-for-some-absurd-reason-no-one-is-willing-to-admit-that/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/i-m-a-pragmatic-man-i-ll-veer-on-the-dangerous-side-because-i-love/)

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> [Nothing is staged exactly as it was, because I can't remember - and I consider that an advantage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/nothing-is-staged-exactly-as-it-was-because-i-can-t-remember-and-i/)

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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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/nobody-has-yet-proven-that-taking-a-chance-and-doing-something-unique/)

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> [I don't compare shows. It's very simple. I don't live in the past. If there's any secret to my longevity, it's living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/i-don-t-compare-shows-it-s-very-simple-i-don-t-live-in-the-past-if/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/i-feel-so-much-more-comfortable-when-i-m-working-on-material-which/)

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> [I would like to see more new productions of new material by new composers/lyricists/book writers. I would like to see people take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/i-would-like-to-see-more-new-productions-of-new-material-by-new/)

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> [I think when you start analyzing trends and start making shows for a particular audience, you are making a fatal move. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/i-think-when-you-start-analyzing-trends-and-start-making-shows-for-a/)

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> [I'm on a single track here - I work to direct what I want to see onstage. I basically have been feeding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/i-m-on-a-single-track-here-i-work-to-direct-what-i-want-to-see/)

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> [You can't just keep recycling revivals. And you can't keep betting on the efforts of guys like me who've been around. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/you-can-t-just-keep-recycling-revivals-and-you-can-t-keep-betting-on/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/i-like-to-do-everything-you-can-possibly-do-before-you-go-into/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/i-suppose-a-certain-degree-of-adulthood-has-entered-my-life-aiming/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/all-these-actors-who-died-before-i-was-born-all-the-theaters-and-the/)

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