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

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.

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

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

When I was a producer, the fun of the show was waking up with a hit and enjoying the period after the show opens. The fun of a director stops the day it opens. No matter if it's a success or a failure, it's not a whole lot of fun anymore.

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

I'm crazy about Dublin. If you went back 3,000 years in my ancestry you wouldn't find a drop of Irish blood in the veins, but I love the place.