American - Director | October 17, 1960 -
I kind of grew up on musicals, specifically, for whatever reason. They're something that really attracted me as a child.
Rob Marshall
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As a director, you should choose a project that will educate you and enrich your life, because you're going to be doing it for two years.
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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.
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The hardest part about directing is getting everyone on the same page.
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I'd much rather fail than do something like 'The Chorus Line' movie, sanitized and Hollywoodized.
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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.
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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.
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I kind of love working on film because television in live, that's tricky.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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