“The challenge in any musical is unifying all the moving parts of it, in particular a movie musical because now you're adding the camera and you're adding the idea of adaptation. So the challenge is to stay as true as you can to the material that you love and yet not be afraid to step outside of it and introduce elements into it that make it exist in a satisfying, exciting way cinematically.” WayIdeasMovingChallengesStepsParticularMaterialsElementsExcitingCamerasMusicalSatisfyingIntroducingAdaptationUnifyingMoving Parts Author:Marc E. Platt
“We have no filter for music, but we feel it when what's being spoken and sung is telling a story and evidencing a character.” FeelsCharacterStoriesFilters Author:Marc E. Platt
“You can sing if you have a great voice, but to connect that instrument to the text and connect it to the subtext, what lies underneath and the emotion, is indeed a rare talent.” IfsLyingVoiceEmotionTalentInstrumentsSubtextGreat Voice Author:Marc E. Platt
“A great need a mother has to know that her daughters will find somebody or will be okay in life. That's very primal as they get older. You know, you should get married, you should have children.” KnowsNeedsShouldChildrenMotherMarriedDaughterShould HaveOkayPrimal Author:Christine Baranski
“I don't want to be on the phone talking numbers and budget. I want to be creating a world.” WorldWantNumbersTalkingCreatingPhonesBudgets Author:Nicholas Sparks
“The truth is my development I hope is the same way as everything, which is, I succeed some, I fail some, and I keep slugging away at it. I really enjoy it. It's fun.” WayFunEnjoyFailingDevelopmentTruth IsSucceed Author:George Clooney
“I enjoy directing. I don't know whether it's improving or not, but it's certainly evolving in different directions.” KnowsDifferentEnjoyEvolveImprovingDifferent Directions Author:George Clooney
“Pop music has progressed. The singing voice has changed dramatically in pop music, and people now just sing the way they want to, in their speaking voice, instead of putting on some great transatlantic rock and roll sneer.” PeopleWayWantVoiceRocksChangedSingingPopsRock And RollPop MusicSneer Author:Steven Morrissey
“I don't think I've ever made a conscious effort to alter the sound. I don't see the point. I have to remain true to how I sing. I'm perfectly happy with what I am. Whatever that is.” ThinkingMadeSoundEffortConscious Author:Steven Morrissey
“Holocaust is very much a part of present discussion all over the place. There are little plaques everywhere you go around in different neighborhoods. "This person here was prosecuted." "This person was sent to this concentration camp." "A family of Jews lived here. They took over his business." Little, very discrete, very dignified plaques are everywhere.” LittlesPersonsDifferentJewDiscussionNeighborhoodConcentrationCampsHolocaustConcentration CampDiscrete Author:Bob Balaban