Marc Platt Quotes
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The notion of someone who is fitting in or trying to become part of a larger family... It's hard to separate that from my own Jewish roots.
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I'm a very hands-on producer.
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Hollywood is what I do. It's not who I am.
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Good movies beget other good movies. So when a movie captures the imagination and hearts of people around the world, it's going to have a positive influence on similar genres getting made.
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'Wicked' has been one of the biggest hits in Los Angeles theatre history, and we are thrilled that theatergoers here have embraced the musical and welcomed us so heartily.
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Musicals have long given voice to outsiders and speak of experiences in our culture and environment.
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In any adaptation, the challenge is to take the essence of the original source of the material, be faithful to it to a point, but to also recognize that you're telling a story in a very different medium. It has to exist on its own, and it has to offer something unique to that experience.
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I love getting up in the morning. I love coming to my office. I love going to movie sets. It's really what every parent wishes for their kid - to do what makes them happy.
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Stephen Sondheim is calculus for actors. The words are witty and brilliant and profound but complicated.
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We always love actors taking unexpected turns.
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I think too many people in Hollywood perhaps fail to make a distinction between the political side of Israel and the notion of the country. And they can be separate things.
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'Defying Gravity' is a big, theatrical, grand gesture. In film, how do you match that?
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It's hard to get an inner dialogue in a film. It's not cinematic. But in a musical, the character can just turn to the audience and sing.
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The themes and ideas embedded in 'Into the Woods' always spoke to me.
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Winning an Oscar attracts the attention of directors and other actors and creates a boost in salary, particularly for someone like Halle Berry. For an established star like Denzel Washington, the benefits are less tangible.
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The financial side of Broadway is the easy part. Plenty of people want to put money in a Broadway show. The challenging part is finding the material that excites me enough to spend a couple of years of my life devoted to it.
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James McAvoy is not an action star.
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'A Christmas Carol' and 'It's a Wonderful Life,' are movies we love with magic in them.
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Repression is the enemy of civilization - so keep dreaming, because the dreams we dream today will provide the love, the compassion, and the humanity that will narrate the stories of our lives tomorrow.
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The film world is always looking for great source material, and Broadway has traditionally and historically been a place to go.
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You've got Marvel films, sequels, franchise movies, so much noise out there. You're trying to brand your entertainment. The musical is its own brand.
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Thankfully, as much as Hollywood is interested in brands, I think people are still looking for originality and freshness.
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If we members of the Jewish community don't support the Jewish organizations, nobody else will.
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Many actors in films are willing to go to Broadway, and screenwriters are writing plays. It's almost commonplace.