If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.
I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.
The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't work. A lot of people would disagree with me.
I happen to like movies and plays about dislikeable people as long as I get to know why they are what they are.
You can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have corporate investment or a lot of rich people.
Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on.
The fact is popular art dates. It grows quaint. How many people feel strongly about Gilbert and Sullivan today compared to those who felt strongly in 1890?
My parents weren't around much, but I assumed everybody's family was the same. I didn't know people had mummies and daddies who would give them milk and cookies after school. I just thought everybody lived on Central Park West and they had a nanny to take care of them.
Sometimes people leave you halfway through the woods. Do not let it grieve you, no one leaves for good
I read to see myself in other people's lives.
Sometimes people leave you Halfway through the wood Others may decieve you You decide what's good You decide alone But no one is alone
I like neurotic people. I like troubled people. Not that I don't like squared-away people, but I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.
When I listen to my work, I think, what's so inflammatory about it? It's not really that dissonant. A lot of people who used to hate my stuff have come round to it.
It's age. It's a diminution of energy and the worry that there are no new ideas. It's an increasing lack of confidence. I'm not the only one. I've checked with other people.