Hal Price Quotes

United States, Actor
June 24, 1886 – April, 15, 1964.

Hal Price was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1930 and 1952. He is the father of late character actress and comedian Lu Leonard. Price was born in Wauseon, Ohio, and died in Los Angeles, California, from arteriosclerosis.

It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform.

Hal Price
- Great
- Money
- Business
There's a need to keep the history of an artform going, parallel with the new work that's being done.

Hal Price
- Work
- Done
- History

I'm looking for one of two things and sometimes they dovetail: I'm looking to go into a theatre and see a certain kind of show. And if it's not there, I'd like to do it myself so it would be there.

Hal Price
- Myself
- Theatre
- Looking
I do know one thing: I wish people were doing more dangerous musicals, more courageous musicals and not just falling into the trap of trying to figure out what the public wants, because you find out that the public very often wants what's good.

Hal Price
- People
- Good
- Trying