Emmy Rossum once recalled her audition for "The Phantom of the Opera" (at the magnificent home of Andrew Lloyd Webber):

"I went in and started vocalising with the accompanist and Andrew walked in as we were preparing," she recalled. "He didn't say hello, didn't introduce himself and just sat down in front of me and said, 'Shall we?' I thought to myself it was my one shot so I had better just stand up and do it, so I didn't introduce myself, I nodded to the accompanist and I did the two biggest numbers in the show. Then he stood up and said: 'That was great. I'm Andrew.'"