Bruce Vilanch famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I do a lot of screen re-writing.
-- Bruce Vilanch

#Writing
What makes me laugh? Richard Nixon always made me laugh.
-- Bruce Vilanch

#Laughing #Make Me Laugh #Made
I've written about 15 screenplays and they all sold - they were all sold on pitches.
-- Bruce Vilanch

#Screenplays
They make a humongous profit, but the people that work on the shows don't get paid a lot because they're working on the Oscars show. It's the biggest show in the world.
-- Bruce Vilanch

#People #World #Oscars
I mean, when I started out I was billing per hour, like a shrink because you would sit with somebody and work. But most of it, if it's for a live show it's usually a buy-out. A flat fee.
-- Bruce Vilanch

#Mean #Hours #Fees
I write screenplays that don't get made and pilots that don't get picked up, and I re-write other people's movies, and those are all different kinds of fees.
-- Bruce Vilanch

#Movie #Writing #People
It's the biggest party in the world, and you have to keep the whole thing percolating, which is difficult because a lot of awards most people don't care about.
-- Bruce Vilanch

#Party #Awards #People
I mean, I've sold all these scripts and nothing's been made. Studios have closed, stars have died. I had a director find Jesus. And the pictures just don't get made.
-- Bruce Vilanch

#Jesus #Stars #Mean
Generally with the Oscars or the Emmys there isn't much you can do until the nominations are announced. Then you know what kind of year you're dealing with - what's been overlooked, what the issues are.
-- Bruce Vilanch

#Issues #Years #Nominations
Eddie Izzard is absolutely brilliant. I would love to write something for him.
-- Bruce Vilanch

#Writing #Brilliant
To be gay and out of shape is almost as much of a stigma as just being gay used to be.
-- Bruce Vilanch

#Gay #Shapes #Just Being

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