Words matter. These are the best Rob Marshall Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
When musicals don’t work, they really don’t work. But when they work, and someone is singing because they can’t speak anymore, or they’re dancing because they can’t move anymore, moving is not enough to express – it’s this beautiful thing.
I’m not a writer, although, as a filmmaker, you are an author in a certain way.
Film is a living, breathing thing. It’s very delicate, and you have to listen and watch for what it tells you.
The hardest part about directing is getting everyone on the same page.
My last show that I did on Broadway was – I hate to say this, but – ‘Cats.’ There you go. So I was doing ‘Cats’ on Broadway, and I injured my back. It was a really tough show.
I was very aware of the fact we were so out of fashion when I shot ‘Chicago.’ And I was trepidatious as to whether it would be seen or embraced by anybody, but I’ve never stopped believing in the genre. There’s nothing like it. It’s American-born.
What’s interesting was with all the shows I did on Broadway, I was either the dance captain or the assistant choreographer – I sort of worked my way up to that kind of thing – and I always was interested in more than just the dancers and the numbers. I would always sneak into the room and watch the scene work.
I always feel on film you have to earn a ballad, because it’s a different kind of pace.
I found that something exists between director and actor sometimes that surpasses or transcends language.
Maybe because I come from choreography, I’ve always felt that there’s something about action films that made it very natural for me to go that way. It’s story through movement.
Maybe it took a little time, or we’re a little late, but finally we’re recognizing that international stars are fantastic. They’re the greatest actors in the world, and few people know that.
