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I was there when the quote-unquote golden age of musical theater was flourishing. I met everybody who worked in theater or was famous in theater from the '40s on. Harold Prince

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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 think that's why people are doing too many revivals, that's why there's a plethora of rock musicals. There's room for everything, but not room for too much of anything. Harold Prince

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I really like reaching out and seeing the audience - they're potential audiences! And on occasion I can make them excited about going to the theater again, if they've ceased or gone less. Harold Prince

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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 early and often. Harold Prince

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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director. Harold Prince

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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 the good things is that no one can ever take my career away from me. No one can ever say, 'You can't be in the theater any more.' Harold Prince

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There are wonderful composers and librettists out there. It's the lack of creative producers that is troubling. Harold Prince

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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 the value of that success and nurtured it. Now, you come from Hollywood, you play 12 weeks and go away. I don't think that's the best policy. Harold Prince

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When we do R&B midtempos or ballads, there's an Underdogs sound. Harvey Mason, Jr.

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I've played with so many people that I never really noticed that I was playing with so many people until after it was compiled on the Internet. I just kept going. I haven't even heard half the records I've played on, to tell you the truth. Harvey Mason, Jr.

Every so often, we pass laws repealing human nature. Howard Lindsay

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Credit you give yourself is not worth having. Irving Thalberg

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Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad. Irving Thalberg

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Even some of us who make movies underestimate their influence abroad. American movies sell American culture. Foreigners want to see American movies. But that's also why so many foreign governments and groups object to them. Irwin Winkler

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This is certainly not to excuse the violence that exists on TV and films and on the Internet. But the truth is that wherever you go in Europe, there are American films and TV shows that are just as popular as at home. And you don't have that sense of violence in any other place other than America. Irwin Winkler

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If you look at successful studios, they're the ones with stabilized management. Irwin Winkler

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Show me a Scorsese film, and I'll show you a movie where he's taken risks. It's just his nature. He's an artist, and artists take risks. He always does what he believes in. Irwin Winkler

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I am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s. Irwin Winkler

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The thing that's strange about Frank Vincent is that actors of his quality are usually big stars. Irwin Winkler

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I just think there's a general interest in the world of computers. Irwin Winkler

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It wasn't easy getting 'GoodFellas' started. Irwin Winkler

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