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. Rob Marshall Read Quote
Film is a living, breathing thing. It’s very delicate, and you have to listen and watch for what it tells you. Rob Marshall Read Quote
When movement isn’t enough, you dance, or when speaking isn’t enough, you sing. When it’s organic, and it’s earned like that in a musical, that’s when it works, and then there’s nothing like it because it’s this thing that takes you to a whole ‘nother level, you know? Rob Marshall Read Quote
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. Rob Marshall Read Quote
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. Rob Marshall Read Quote
I kind of grew up on musicals, specifically, for whatever reason. They’re something that really attracted me as a child. Rob Marshall Read Quote
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. Rob Marshall Read Quote
The thing about movie musicals is that there have been some brilliant ones, but when they’re bad, they’re really bad – big white elephants. Rob Marshall Read Quote
I’d much rather fail than do something like ‘The Chorus Line’ movie, sanitized and Hollywoodized. Rob Marshall Read Quote
