I always wanted to be known as the Norman Rockwell of television, and ‘Happy Days’ represented the part of me that wanted to make mainstream America laugh. Garry Marshall Read Quote
I never got beaten up, because I was a wisecracking jokester. I could make a bully laugh before he delivered a punch. Garry Marshall Read Quote
When I was five years old, my parents gave me a drum set for Christmas. My mom played the piano, and Dad played the saxophone badly. But that Christmas morning, I remember we all played together, and I thought it was the greatest day ever. Garry Marshall Read Quote
My happiest moments of growing up in the Bronx were when my mom would bring home a new sports magazine from the candy store. I would jump out of bed and grab it from her. Then I’d rip the front cover right off and tape it to my bedroom wall. Garry Marshall Read Quote
My first name, with the rare two-r spelling, came from a sportswriter named Garry Schumacher. My parents didn’t know him personally, but my mother liked the spelling. Garry Marshall Read Quote
I must confess that the original ‘Pretty Woman’ was terrific and a hit, but I always felt that creatively I didn’t do justice to Richard Gere’s character. So in the musical, we have some great new moments for Richard’s character. Garry Marshall Read Quote
A lot of people come work with me because I keep an open set, and people can visit. Julia Roberts used to have friends visit on ‘Pretty Woman.’ Garry Marshall Read Quote
Some journalists are pestier than others, so I find out where the pests are. I am careful with my actors and actresses. I come back and tell them, ‘Watch out for this one or that one.’ People are surprised I do that. But I watch out for them even after the movie is over. Garry Marshall Read Quote
I didn’t want to do movies with hundreds of camels crossing the desert followed by tanks and this and that. Garry Marshall Read Quote
