Film Quotes by Rob Marshall

The hardest part about directing is getting everyone on the same page.

— Rob Marshall

I could never have been an accountant. I got a D in math.

— Rob Marshall

My last show that I did on Broadway was - I hate to say this, but - 'Cats.' There you go. So I was…

— Rob Marshall

With film, I always sit with people first and talk a while, and then we read or sing or whatever. I never sit behind…

— Rob Marshall

I kind of grew up on musicals, specifically, for whatever reason. They're something that really attracted me as a child.

— Rob Marshall

When musicals don't work, they really don't work. But when they work, and someone is singing because they can't speak anymore, or they're dancing…

— Rob Marshall

The thing about movie musicals is that there have been some brilliant ones, but when they're bad, they're really bad - big white elephants.

— Rob Marshall

My great joy in working on anything is stepping out in front of the camera and working with the actors.

— Rob Marshall

As a director, you should choose a project that will educate you and enrich your life, because you're going to be doing it for…

— Rob Marshall

I always feel on film you have to earn a ballad, because it's a different kind of pace.

— Rob Marshall

It was actually the opposite of what a director once said to me. He said, 'Remember, everyone is here to serve you.' And as…

— Rob Marshall

I was very aware of the fact we were so out of fashion when I shot 'Chicago.' And I was trepidatious as to whether…

— Rob Marshall

When you're doing an action set piece, it's very similar to choreography in a way because it's shot that way. It's meticulous how it's…

— Rob Marshall

The musicals that I loved, growing up - many, many. 'Singing in the Rain,' of course, is a classic, I love 'Meet Me in…

— Rob Marshall

When movement isn't enough, you dance, or when speaking isn't enough, you sing. When it's organic, and it's earned like that in a musical,…

— Rob Marshall