Paul Mazursky famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Most marriages I've known, and I've been married a long time and I've known a lot of married people - you wonder how they got together. Often they seem to be opposites.
-- Paul Mazursky

#Opposites #People #Long
I've rarely met couples who - they both love to do everything together.
-- Paul Mazursky

#Couple #Together #Mets
Even when I begin with a situation that's basically funny or sad, I like to keep poking around in it. I like to get into the middle of a relationship, to explore the subtle places.
-- Paul Mazursky

#Funny Relationship #Subtle #Middle
One thing I know is that I don't want to be a director for hire, making genre films.
-- Paul Mazursky

#Want #Directors #Film
California is an island, and New York's an island. Maybe it's time for me to change islands.
-- Paul Mazursky

#New York #California #Islands
I don't like movies that are morally simple.
-- Paul Mazursky

#Simple
If you cast wrong, you are in a lot of trouble.
-- Paul Mazursky

#Theatre #Trouble #Casts
Almost every actor goes into almost every picture very frightened. He is positive he really can't do it. The bigger the star, the more frightened he is.
-- Paul Mazursky

#Stars #Actors #Frightened
I wish in my own mind I were more definite - that I was absolutely convinced I'd never direct someone else's script, but I keep reading scripts, because I might find something.
-- Paul Mazursky

#Book #Reading #Mind
I wonder if that's hurt me at the box office. Maybe audiences these days want to know exactly what to expect when they go into a movie, and my movies are hard to explain in just one way.
-- Paul Mazursky

#Hurt #Office #Want
The one thing that's closest to my story is the thing about trying out for the juvenile delinquent role and getting it. That was the start of my acting career... which I've resumed, by the way.
-- Paul Mazursky

#Careers #Trying #Acting

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