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" We zero in on family as a theme because it makes the movies emotionally available to a universal audience. "
Craig Zadan
Audience
Family
Movies
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" The truth of the matter is - when we look at things - every movie we do - no matter what the subject matter is - we go to the universal theme of family. We always go to that because if the movie is about family, then any audience can relate to it. "
Craig Zadan
Look
Truth
Family
" We'd go to studios with ideas to do movie musicals and they'd literally kick us out. They said, 'Audiences aren't interested in movie musicals. You're wasting our time.' "
Craig Zadan
Time
Said
Ideas
" 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
Sound
Stars
Clearly
" 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
Best
Everyone
Off
" The future for us is not to go bigger but to go different. "
Craig Zadan
Go
Different
Bigger
" He's perfect for anything. I would hire Hugh Jackman to come to my house and have dinner. "
Craig Zadan
Dinner
Perfect
House
" The reality of producing the Oscars is that it's a blood sport. With social media, everyone has a chance to voice their opinions. You have to know that entering into this special world requires a very thick skin. "
Craig Zadan
Voice
Media
Know
" I don't understand how other producers who have no experience making a musical jump in and produce one. "
Craig Zadan
Experience
Other
Understand
" When we did 'Chicago' and we announced Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, and Queen Latifah, everybody went crazy and said, 'What are they doing? What are they thinking?' And, now, you look at the movie, and you see that we chose the people that we wanted for that movie, and we were so proud of all of them. "
Craig Zadan
People
Queen
Proud
" It rests in the hands of 'Dreamgirls' and 'Hairspray.' If they're successful, we'll be back on track - people will continue to greenlight musicals. If they don't work, then you're going to see everyone go back to the way it was before 'Chicago.' "
Craig Zadan
Successful
You
Hands
" 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
Say
Doing
Commitment
" In the past, once a movie musical was made, it was believed that you were left with that version, good or bad, for posterity. "
Craig Zadan
Bad
In The Past
You
" 'Chicago' kind of set the bar in terms of how we approach musicals, and tone is one of the key elements. "
Craig Zadan
Bar
Chicago
Key
" To battle the odds - loss of interest, no funding, discouragement - requires someone who doesn't give up. "
Craig Zadan
Battle
Loss
Odds
" A lot of people feel that 'Music Man' is a good movie musical. "
Craig Zadan
Music
Movie
Man
" Some filmmakers set out to re-create the theater experience they got on Broadway. They kept everything the same. They shot the original casts. We reinvent the whole thing, look at it solely as a movie. We pretend that nobody saw 'Chicago' or 'Hairspray.' "
Craig Zadan
Nobody
Chicago
Same
" We've spoken to a lot of friends who are stars who could be great, and they say to us, 'Look, if you were doing a movie musical, and we could pre-record and lip-synch, sure. But live? So if we hit a bad note it's there for posterity? We're not going to go out there without a safety net.' People are scared to death of that. "
Craig Zadan
Death
Live
Look
" Basically, we had the idea of doing this production of 'Steel Magnolias,' and we spoke to Queen Latifah about it, and she got excited. "
Craig Zadan
Steel
Excited
Got
" Neil and I had the greatest experience of our lives doing 'Chicago' with Latifah. Then we had the second best experience of our lives doing 'Hairspray.' "
Craig Zadan
Doing
Experience
Best
" I think maybe the most important thing that we have to say is that people don't often talk about network executives being brave. You don't talk about them as having integrity and a higher purpose, because it's a job... except for Bob Greenblatt. He is a theatre person. He loves and understands it. "
Craig Zadan
Integrity
Purpose
People
" We're finding that the casting of 'A Few Good Men' is different from the musicals because the kind of actors that you need to do it are movie actors, basically. "
Craig Zadan
Good
You
Need
" It's expensive to produce musicals on television. "
Craig Zadan
Musicals
Expensive
Television
" We have a great musical sequence in episode five of 'Smash' called 'Let's Be Bad,' and it probably is the closest to 'Chicago' that I think any of us have ever experienced. "
Craig Zadan
Great
Chicago
Five
" When you work on a passion project, there's always the chance that you'll get your heart broken. "
Craig Zadan
Passion
Chance
Broken
" Neil and I are most thrilled that we were able to bring musical theatre to the enormous audience that 'The Sound of Music' reached. "
Craig Zadan
Theatre
Audience
Bring
" We have a particular philosophy in the casting room that we don't really tell the actors - the actors tell us. "
Craig Zadan
Philosophy
Casting
Us
" Neil and I share a desire for great quality in our work. If we are offered projects, look at projects, or consider projects that don't have that quality, then we don't do them. "
Craig Zadan
Look
Great
Desire
" I would say that, first of all, if you have the honor of being chosen to produce the Oscars, you usually get only one crack at it. We were the first people in sixteen years to do it three times in a row, and it was one of the most profound experiences you could ever imagine. "
Craig Zadan
People
Say
Three
" Live TV is the future. It's the only way you can beat the DVRing of America. Everything is DVRed, and no one watches stuff when it's on. Awards shows and sports are watched when they're broadcast. "
Craig Zadan
Sports
America
Future
" I don't think we're going to break the law in terms of what you can or can't do on TV. We're looking to do something edgy, different, and special. "
Craig Zadan
Looking
Law
Edgy