What usually happens on the Oscar telecast is that as soon as best picture is announced, everyone is up out of their seats and running off to their parties. Craig Zadan Read Quote
We called the head of CBS and said, ‘We know how network television feels about musicals. Would you even consider doing ‘Gypsy?” He said, ‘If I did say yes, you’d have to have a big movie star who does not do TV.’ I told him that, in our fantasy world, we’d like Bette Midler. He said, ‘Get Bette Midler, and you have an on-the-air commitment.’ Craig Zadan Read Quote
Carrie Underwood clearly drove ‘The Sound of Music.’ For ‘Peter Pan,’ we had terrific actors but not stars, and we did not do nearly as well. Craig Zadan Read Quote