“We would also go to musicals. So Singing In the Rain, On the Town, and West Side Story. Especially West Side Story because played that a lot before VCRs, so that would be something that would be a big deal if it came on, you caught it. So that really started, my family was not in show business at all but really loved that kind of thing.” IfsKindStoriesShowsBigsWould BeSidesDealsSingingRainMy FamilyTownsWestCaughtShow BusinessBig DealWest SideVcrWest Side StorySinging In The Rain Author:Marisa Tomei
“My brother became so enamored with that film [West Side Story], that he started taking tap-dancing lessons, and I followed him and started tap dancing, and my mother and father started tap dancing - I was in a class with my family, tap dancing!” StoriesFilmMotherFatherSidesClassBrotherLessonsMy FamilyDancingWestMy BrotherMother And FatherEnamoredWest SideTap DancingWest Side Story Author:Marisa Tomei
“All of us have read the stories about young people in Hollywood and all the challenges they have to confront there, and I think that artistically, I really didn't understand the commercial side of the film business, so I went back to a purely artistic setting.” PeopleThinkingStoriesFilmYoungSidesChallengesBusinessHollywoodSettingSettingsArtistic Author:Marisa Tomei
