Quotes by Cameron Mackintosh

About Cameron Mackintosh:

Sir Cameron Anthony Mackintosh is a British theatrical producer notable for his association with many commercially successful musicals. At the height of his success in 1990, he was described as being "the most successful, influential and powerful theatrical producer in the world" by the New York Times. He is the producer of shows such as Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, Oliver!, Miss Saigon and Cats.
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I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals.

Cameron Mackintosh

Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.

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

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

I've never had a very great public life.

Cameron Mackintosh

Darling, when you're as old as I am, you cherish the very few musicals that have come your way that you know are great classics. You become their guardian.

Cameron Mackintosh

The commercial and subsidised theatre are intrinsically linked. I wouldn't have had the career I have had without the opportunities I had through the subsidised sector. However, I do think, in any walk of life, subsidy for the sake of subsidy is not ...

Cameron Mackintosh

My aunt took me to see 'Salad Days' when I was seven. This story of a magic piano that infects everyone who hears it infected me, too. It was a Road to Damascus moment in my life.

Cameron Mackintosh

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

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

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

What musicals need is a new me.

Cameron Mackintosh

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

Cameron Mackintosh

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

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

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

Cameron Mackintosh

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

Cameron Mackintosh

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

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'm proud of the fact that I've taken a lot of big directors, such as Trevor Nunn and Nick Hytner, who were musical virgins, and introduced them to the form.

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Author Bio

  • NameCameron Mackintosh
  • DescriptionBritish theatre and musical producer
  • BornOctober 17, 1946
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionTheatrical Producer; Impresario