Penny Marshall Quotes
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I'm not someone who has had to deal with much personal drama outside of the usual: growing up with parents who hated each other, two marriages and divorces of my own. There was the cancer thing, too.
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I tell stories so only the independents do that and they don't pay you that much. I'd rather do TV or an HBO movie.
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I have season tickets to the Lakers and the Clippers.
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I'm very happy to watch a video at home with a friend rather than do dinner.
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I have a good support system of friends and family.
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I'm not a hockey fan. I'm not a golf fan.
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It's better for me to go up against someone's passion with my passion and then clarifying something that he wrote. Then I know how to work around certain things.
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You need to see what the actor needs. This one wants to be talked to privately. That one doesn't mind if you block it for them. Just tell me the truth and I'll adapt to it.
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I do feel it's important to entertain people. I try to.
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If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.
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I have a grandson who is 20. He's a computer guy. I'm worried that he can't communicate without his machine. They have no personal contact with people. That's the bad part of technology.
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I don't mind if somebody texts me but I'm not a big texter, the things are too small. I don't mind if they text, '7 o'clock,' that's fine, that's logistics but, 'What's up?' Get real! Pick up a phone!
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I don't startle easily.
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I think everyone's mother is slightly nuts.
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I wish I could sing better.
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Movie stars are insecure like everyone else. That's why they go into acting!
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I wasn't like a girly girl. I was a tomboy.
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I don't know one lens from another. That's not my job. It's the cinematographer's job. But I can talk to people.
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Once I commit to something, I complete it. If I say 'no,' I mean 'no.' I just have to learn how to say 'no' more.
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I'm not the most positive person.
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We all used to collect baseball cards that came with bubble gum. You could never get the smell of gum off your cards, but you kept your Yankees cards pristine.
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I do talk like a truck driver sometimes, or I curse. What can I say?
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When I'm working, I'm obsessively working.
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I've directed seven movies and know a thing or two about dealing with unexpected crises.