At the end of a song, someone’s always different than they are at the beginning. Rob Marshall Read Quote
I’m not a writer, although, as a filmmaker, you are an author in a certain way. Rob Marshall Read Quote
The musicals that I loved, growing up – many, many. ‘Singing in the Rain,’ of course, is a classic, I love ‘Meet Me in St. Louis.’ I love ‘Funny Face,’ Stanley Donen’s beautiful movie. It’s really countless for me. Rob Marshall Read Quote
I have a very simple philosophy when it comes to casting, and it really is casting the best person for the role. Rob Marshall Read Quote
I found that something exists between director and actor sometimes that surpasses or transcends language. Rob Marshall Read Quote
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. Rob Marshall Read Quote
I always feel on film you have to earn a ballad, because it’s a different kind of pace. Rob Marshall Read Quote
With film, I always sit with people first and talk a while, and then we read or sing or whatever. I never sit behind a table. I get up; I work with them. I do everything I possibly can to not audition them. I can find out the best of them from them feeling comfortable and appreciated. I’d never let someone leave feeling not valued. Rob Marshall Read Quote
I’m very aware of the fact that Broadway musicals being brought to the screen are very few and far between, and it’s important to continue that relationship between Broadway and film. It’s a privilege and an honor for me to be instrumental in some way in keeping that alive. Rob Marshall Read Quote
I could talk for seven hours about Johnny Depp. There’s no one like him. He has this amazing ability to watch something and then pick it up and do it, within seconds. He’ll hate me for saying this, but I don’t care. I’m going to say it anyway. He’s Fred Astaire. He’s this genius dancer. He says that he can’t dance, but he can. Rob Marshall Read Quote
