Michael Cristofer Quotes

United States, Playwright
January 22, 1945

Michael Ivan Cristofer is an American playwright, filmmaker and actor. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play for The Shadow Box in 1977.

Also known as Film Maker, Actor

I don't have a game plan. I have no idea what I'll be doing next.

Michael Cristofer
- Game
- Doing
- Plan
I guess the first screenplay of mine that was done was 'Falling in Love' with Robert DeNiro and Meryl Streep.

Michael Cristofer
- Falling
- Guess
- Mine

I'm totally unpredictable and never do anything consistently.

Michael Cristofer
I don't think I can do anything. I mean, I felt I had been given a bit of a gift and a key to a kind of a future. But I've always felt there is more that I can learn and that there are many people who are as good as, or better at, what I do than I am.

Michael Cristofer
- People
- Future
- Anything
Suddenly I was writing a lot of screenplays, and I was no long in New York, so I stopped acting in plays, and it just became too tricky to find a part to play, either in a play or a film that coincided with my schedule writing and or directing.

Michael Cristofer
- Directing
- Stopped
- Became