I began to think, now is the time. I found quite a lot of opposition in Hollywood about the idea of doing a film musical and we ended up having to buy the rights back. I'm glad we did because…

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When we finally came to start work on this, the joy was it was only...

When we finally came to start work on this, the joy was it was only...

The next few years are going to be horrendous in the UK. The last thing...

The next few years are going to be horrendous in the UK. The last thing...

It must have been an extraordinary time. I guess the worrying thing about musical theatre...

It must have been an extraordinary time. I guess the worrying thing about musical theatre...

Because her voice is, it's like the muscles and it develops all the time. That...

Because her voice is, it's like the muscles and it develops all the time. That...

It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.

It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.

I've got to find something and if I find something that I like, I'll do...

I've got to find something and if I find something that I like, I'll do...

I'm going to take the kids away over Christmas but I don't, I've written 14...

I'm going to take the kids away over Christmas but I don't, I've written 14...

We felt we had to know something of his back story. I don't think people...

We felt we had to know something of his back story. I don't think people...

Superstar was made so early in my career I had nothing to do with it...

Superstar was made so early in my career I had nothing to do with it...

I guess the thing is that we remained huge friends after the original Phantom movie,...

I guess the thing is that we remained huge friends after the original Phantom movie,...

I think that the wonderful advantage we have in the film of being able to...

I think that the wonderful advantage we have in the film of being able to...

I said, look, do you think you could bring Gerry through, and they said yeah,...

I said, look, do you think you could bring Gerry through, and they said yeah,...

I mean I don't really think about it. You know, do you know what I...

I mean I don't really think about it. You know, do you know what I...

If you know what you want to do, as I always loved musicals, and then...

If you know what you want to do, as I always loved musicals, and then...

Well we'd just seen Gerry. I think he wanted somebody who had that authority and...

Well we'd just seen Gerry. I think he wanted somebody who had that authority and...

Negative things, and they were all deliberate and I'm not going to say who they...

Negative things, and they were all deliberate and I'm not going to say who they...

Two years ago I hadn't even thought of the Woman in White, and I was...

Two years ago I hadn't even thought of the Woman in White, and I was...

It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.

It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.

Here's the truth. The proposed top rate of income tax is not 50 per cent....

Here's the truth. The proposed top rate of income tax is not 50 per cent....

I would have gone right ahead but the only thing, the only phenomenon that's going...

I would have gone right ahead but the only thing, the only phenomenon that's going...