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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I used to have to beg and borrow £25 to hire some French windows. I started producing in 1967, and I was in debt until 1981. 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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I survived because I never took on big responsibilities in my private life. In the early days, I lived on two or three pounds a week and learned to cook – and I’m a good cook – because I had to. Even when I went on holiday, I stayed in other people’s houses. Cameron Mackintosh Read Quote
I’m a war baby: I was brought up with rationing, and my parents always had to struggle. I remember when I was sent to boarding school – Prior Park College in Bath – my father was asked how he was going to pay the fees, and he replied: ‘In arrears.’ Cameron Mackintosh Read Quote
I am in that glorious position where I can redesign and re-package my own work. Cameron Mackintosh Read Quote
I know I’m in the exceptional position of having money but I didn’t have it for many decades. Cameron Mackintosh Read Quote