'A Christmas Carol' and 'It's a Wonderful Life,' are movies we love with magic in them. — Marc Platt Christmas Copy Share Image
When a writer gets a second chance to look back on something, it's a great opportunity to say, 'Hey, this is really… — Marc Platt Chance Copy Share Image
The further you get up the corporate ladder, the farther you get from the actual filmmaking process. — Marc Platt Film Copy Share Image
'Defying Gravity' is a big, theatrical, grand gesture. In film, how do you match that? — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
It's hard to get an inner dialogue in a film. It's not cinematic. But in a musical, the character can just turn… — Marc Platt Audience Copy Share Image
I have a certain kind of a taste for what will make a good movie or a good play or theater. — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
As a producer, when you get to work with a filmmaker who is joyful about making films, you want to do it… — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
What makes 'A Christmas Story' universal, whether you celebrate Christmas or not, is that you recognize that family... It's ultimately about a… — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
Winning an Oscar attracts the attention of directors and other actors and creates a boost in salary, particularly for someone like Halle… — Marc Platt Attention Copy Share Image
When I first started in the business, it was hardly ever done. But today, it almost feels like studios go out and… — Marc Platt Business Copy Share Image
My personal challenge is always balance. My life has a lot of compartments to it, and I care about each of them… — Marc Platt Balance Copy Share Image
I was always interested in storytelling, particularly in theater and film. I liked creative things. My mom and dad are wonderful people,… — Marc Platt Dad Copy Share Image
There's certain people you want to see in comedies; there's certain people you just want to see in dramas. Not that there… — Marc Platt Comedies Copy Share Image
The financial side of Broadway is the easy part. Plenty of people want to put money in a Broadway show. The challenging… — Marc Platt Actor Copy Share Image
I think too many people in Hollywood perhaps fail to make a distinction between the political side of Israel and the notion… — Marc Platt Country Copy Share Image
The theme of 'A Christmas Story' is that you can count on Christmas - that everybody has a Christmas story. Everybody has… — Marc Platt Christmas Copy Share Image
Repression is the enemy of civilization - so keep dreaming, because the dreams we dream today will provide the love, the compassion,… — Marc Platt Compassion Copy Share Image
The character we've always thought of as the Wicked Witch of the West is a green girl who's actually very good, misunderstood,… — Marc Platt Character Copy Share Image
Even in a manuscript form, 'The Girl on the Train' sort of leapt off the pages as a contemporary suspense drama-slash-thriller. It… — Marc Platt Character Copy Share Image
'Wicked' has been one of the biggest hits in Los Angeles theatre history, and we are thrilled that theatergoers here have embraced… — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
TV has the unique opportunity to take musicals, live events, so it has that feeling and excitement and spontaneity, but still has… — Marc Platt Excitement Copy Share Image
I appreciate actors who work very hard to get at the truth of the character they're playing. That speaks to me, and… — Marc Platt Actors Copy Share Image
I do love being amongst creative people and facilitating that and being inspired by people. I get very bored with just competence… — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
Good movies beget other good movies. So when a movie captures the imagination and hearts of people around the world, it's going… — Marc Platt Around the world Copy Share Image
One of my skills is knowing, 'This is where I'm needed, and this is how I'm needed and where I'm going to… — Marc Platt Control Copy Share Image
I always believe that a good story will find its audience and that it will attract different kinds of elements of creative… — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
