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.

I don't look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That's really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.

I've seen a lot of 'Show Boats,' but I've never seen the one that thoroughly satisfies me.

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

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'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.