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I came up almost completely through the subsidised theatre. I have never been absolutely at the market interface, where I've got to sell my wares or die - I've always been protected from that.

The people on the business side in the music business are kind of different from the theatre business. I think it's partly because there are different pressures on the industries.

As more delivery systems for entertainment producers come on board, you have all these different formats where people are compensated.

It's called show business for a reason. The theater owners want to make money, and understandably so.

You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them.

Compared to film or television, theater is more interactive, collaborative.

Film is much more of a brand business, whereas on Broadway, you can do complete unknowns and have hits.

I'm not into digital marketing, downloading, or streaming - I've always been a man of the theaters.

There are two kinds of people in the entertainment industry: Those that close deals and those that don't.