“And suddenly I was an accountant who was popping out of bed in the morning, excited to get to work. That doesn't happen to accountants. Ever. I've checked with other accountants.” — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
I told my mom I was going to do a movie about a son who hears a story about his mom and takes her… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
I would not drink bottles of water at my mom's house because I never knew how long she'd been refilling them from the sink… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
I luckily had a very charming, lovable mom who I think everybody could see bits and pieces of their mom in. — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
A lot of times, when mother-son or mother-daughter relationships have been put on screen, they tend to trickle towards ugly, and I don't find… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
My first jobs were at Pixar and John Lasseter just doing animation would always allow actors to do that, and then animate to that. It was an early lesson for me that, if you're lucky enough, as I've been in my career thus far, to get really incredible iconic people to do your stuff, you want them to tell your… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share
They always say, doing what I do for a living, write what you know and then people will respond to it. I luckily had… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
Nobody is out to sabotage an entire script and do an improvisational experiment of a movie, but when they're feeling something in the moment,… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
I couldn't understand her [my mother's] wiring, all the time. I couldn't understand how she denied herself pleasure and enjoyment in life. As my… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
I'd always thought that, in all the great sci-fi constructs, there's always the guy who seems like he's the commander, but then you reveal… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
Some of my favorite movies have explored the father-son dynamic, in a very loving way. It can be complicated, but at the end, it's… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
If something good was happening in my life, I'd call my mom to let her know. If something bad was happening, she'd be somebody… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
![“I couldn't understand her [my mother's] wiring, all the time. I couldn't understand how she denied herself pleasure and enjoyment in life. As my career got successful and I wanted to do things for her, she wasn't able to allow them because she just didn't work that way. It was always that. It…” quote by Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7ad/dan-fogelman-34701_able_i-couldn-t-understand-her-my-mother-s-wi_1392662.jpg)
