A Christmas Carol’ and ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ are movies we love with magic in them. Marc Platt Read Quote
Some of the metaphors you find in ‘Wicked’ – how those in power can exploit fear in others to maintain their power – I think, as Jews, we’ve seen that historically on more than one occasion. Marc Platt Read Quote
Defying Gravity’ is a big, theatrical, grand gesture. In film, how do you match that? Marc Platt Read Quote
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. Marc Platt Read Quote
I’m very competitive, and I want to be very successful, but at the end of the day, films to me are still films. I want them to be good, and I’ll work the hardest, but at night, I go home to my life and my family, and that’s where my heart lies. Marc Platt Read Quote
Stephen Sondheim is calculus for actors. The words are witty and brilliant and profound but complicated. Marc Platt Read Quote
What makes ‘A Christmas Story’ universal, whether you celebrate Christmas or not, is that you recognize that family… It’s ultimately about a family being glued together for the holiday season. Marc Platt Read Quote
