Most of the big money people don't know what would interest an audience if you did it. They only know what interested the audience last time.

I have a terrible memory because I'm not interested in the past. It's done, it's done.

I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn’t anticipate. It’s really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you’ve never got it all nailed.

I saw 'On The Town' about nine times. I discovered it. I loved it. I was in college.

I got successful awfully quick, and I wanted it... But I do think there is responsibility to move the musical theater form forward. I think you always have to be aware of the work that came before and build on that.

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

Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to meet deadlines, not to be organized, is at heart a sign of your own insecurity and at worst the sign of an amateur.