Penny Marshall Quotes
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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If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks.
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When romance is done well in a movie, it's awesome.
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One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next – no one wanted me.
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I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard.
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I would love to do a 'Scream'-type movie.
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Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
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I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character.
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I've seen the Pokemon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever.
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Gospel music always relaxes me and calms my nerves.
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I've never done a superhero movie. It's very nice to you as an actor in several worlds to go and to experiment.
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I went to Yugoslavia to make a movie. People saw me there and asked me to do a movie in Germany. And that led to a movie in Italy. Before I knew it, I was in Europe for most of the next 10 years.
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'Moonlight' changed me. To see people so moved by this movie inspires me to find something else to offer. And maybe the next one touches only five people or maybe just one person. To me, you know, that would still be worth it.
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I was a pretty difficult teenager.
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I like the fact that this kind of family has been seen in a movie a million times: teenage kids, the family is a bit strained and they don't have enough money, but in the background the guy used to be a Gene Simmons type.
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The comics I made from 1990 to 1997 were largely based in vaguely urban, vaguely dystopic settings because that was my reference point for comics storytelling in general.
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I would never try and do a remake off a movie. I think that's a whole different thing. I think everyone will always remember the first movie, and they will always compare it with the second one.
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There are so many problems in the E.U. that several countries are warming up to the idea that after the single currency, a deeper integration could also be created.
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I'll tell you one thing... no doubt about it, my favorite kind of comedy is talking head comedy. I mean, if it were up to me, I'd do a whole entire movie that was just around a dinner table.
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After directing movies, I respect any director in this world, because making a movie as a director is tons and tons of work.
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This is a very pivotal time in America and I think families are still reeling from events depicted in that movie The Big Short.
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I think all those people I did stories about measured their own success by the joy their work was giving them.
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But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles.
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I'm from New York, I'm 53, I have my moments when I'm a nice guy, and more frequently I have my moments where I'm a middle-aged aggravated person. For years I was always the nice guy, so in life I had to pretend to be the nice guy.
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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.
