I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.

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.

The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater owners are not the same.

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

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.

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