Cameron Mackintosh quotes

An old building is like a show. You smell the soul of a building. And the building tells you how to redo it. (Cameron Mackintosh)

Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.

Cameron Mackintosh

If there's too much of you around, people can get tired of you.

Cameron Mackintosh

The musical is the one area of the theater that can give you the biggest buzz of all.

Cameron Mackintosh

What musicals need is a new me.

Cameron Mackintosh

I had set a goal of being a producer by 25.

Cameron Mackintosh

I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.

Cameron Mackintosh

It horrifies me how much it costs to put on shows now, mainly due to EU regulations. The freedom to be entrepreneurial is no longer there. It's a massive business now.

Cameron Mackintosh

My dream is to be on my boat. Or on an island. Or in my house in the country. That's my dream.

Cameron Mackintosh

I've never had a very great public life.

Cameron Mackintosh

I am in that glorious position where I can redesign and re-package my own work. (Cameron Mackintosh)

I don't like being in debt, and I wouldn't borrow money for anything.

Cameron Mackintosh

Sometimes, thinking on your feet can be the most creative. Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you. Some of the most successful shows come out of shoestring invention.

Cameron Mackintosh

I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money but I didn't have it for many decades.

Cameron Mackintosh

I don't commit to things unless I have my A-team to do it. And I'm not trying to be cocky, but that shows in my productions. They are top notch!

Cameron Mackintosh

I've taken considerable gambles on shows, but they're very considered gambles.

Cameron Mackintosh

Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.

Cameron Mackintosh

Audiences aren't going to get rid of me. One thing I can say, with absolute certainty, is that my shows will still be performed when I'm dead, buried and forgotten. They're going to absolutely outlive me, which is a wonderful thing to think about.

Cameron Mackintosh

My own tastes happen to be in tune with what the public wants. I think that's the reason my batting average is so high, not because I've discovered some brilliant formula.

Cameron Mackintosh

Cameron Mackintosh

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Occupation: British Businessman
Born: October 17, 1946
Quotes count: 19

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