Quotes from Penny Marshall


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I've directed seven movies and know a thing or two about dealing with unexpected crises.


It's better for me to go up against someone's passion with my passion and then clarifying something that he wrote. Then I know how to work around certain things.


I don't know one lens from another. That's not my job. It's the cinematographer's job. But I can talk to people.


I don't startle easily.


I have season tickets to the Lakers and the Clippers.


I tell stories so only the independents do that and they don't pay you that much. I'd rather do TV or an HBO movie.


I wish I could sing better.


I would much rather feel comfortable and feel beautiful, than to feel uncomfortable, but look fantastic.


I'm not a hockey fan. I'm not a golf fan.


I'm very happy to watch a video at home with a friend rather than do dinner.


I was born and raised in the Bronx and my grandfather and my brother Garry were huge Yankees fans. One of my first memories is of them listening to a game on the radio and screaming at the radio. My brother would cry when they lost, and when I was really little, I didn't know why he was crying.


In my opinion, life is more important than show business.


Movie stars are insecure like everyone else. That's why they go into acting!


My family is well, and that's what's important.


My mother was pretty nuts, but she was also a character.


People who text a lot are not my favorite thing.


The truth is that I am not a frump... I just enjoy being laid back.


When I'm working, I'm obsessively working.


I'm not someone who has had to deal with much personal drama outside of the usual: growing up with parents who hated each other, two marriages and divorces of my own. There was the cancer thing, too.


You need to see what the actor needs. This one wants to be talked to privately. That one doesn't mind if you block it for them. Just tell me the truth and I'll adapt to it.