If you don't have comedy in a movie, you don't have a movie. — Theodore Melfi Comedy Copy Share Image
The fact is this: NASA was desegregated by a white male. NASA was not desegregated by a black male. NASA was not… — Theodore Melfi Black Copy Share Image
I think if characters change too much, it's unrealistic; their whole fabric of who they are as a person doesn't just disappear. — Theodore Melfi Change Copy Share Image
NASA didn't give a crap what gender you were or what race you were. If you could do the math, you were… — Theodore Melfi Could Copy Share Image
I think the commercial world is a lateral step from features. Some people see it as a step down, but I've never… — Theodore Melfi Commercial Copy Share Image
You have a responsibility to make inclusion a daily thought, so we can get rid of the word 'inclusion.' — Theodore Melfi Daily Copy Share Image
The journey of making 'Hidden Figures' has shown me the automatic privilege that all white men are afforded in America in 2017… — Theodore Melfi America Copy Share Image
I can't stand toe-to-toe with Bill Murray. It's very hard, because just looking at Bill - he's 6'3", and he just stares… — Theodore Melfi Hard Copy Share Image
After a tumultuous 20-year marriage, my father up and left one day, leaving my mother to raise three boys without the means… — Theodore Melfi Age Copy Share Image
I have to shoot and work out and play and discover all the time. — Theodore Melfi Discover Copy Share Image
A Sunday matinee is a good time for families to go to a movie. — Theodore Melfi Family Copy Share Image
I have a very strict philosophy that if you're not working out, you're getting fat. — Theodore Melfi Fat Copy Share Image
I was a good student. I started college at 16 years old and did okay. — Theodore Melfi College Copy Share Image
People live in the middle. I think everyone does. Good is on one side, bad is on the other side, and we… — Theodore Melfi Bad Copy Share Image
You know what the truth is? You don't find Bill Murray. Bill Murray finds you. — Theodore Melfi Find Copy Share Image
I try not to write for actors because A, they're not the character, and B, it's really depressing when you don't get… — Theodore Melfi Actors Copy Share Image
To me, there are saints every day. They stand up and help others and live for others and do things for others. — Theodore Melfi Day Copy Share Image
Family is just the people you care about. We can bond with people that we have nothing in common with, even if… — Theodore Melfi Bond Copy Share Image
One thing that's nice about doing a movie about people that hardly anyone knows, you never worry if they're a perfect match. — Theodore Melfi Movie Copy Share Image
If you don't infuse humor into a subject matter, no matter how dark, the audience can't accept the message of a film.… — Theodore Melfi Accept Copy Share Image
For me, as a feminist, as somebody who wants to lift up women - because I do; I come from a single… — Theodore Melfi Door Copy Share Image
We're all humans. Any human can tell any human's story. I don't want to have this conversation about black film or white… — Theodore Melfi Black Copy Share Image
My wife says I have happy delusions. I'm delusional that way. I just say, 'This is how it's got to be, and… — Theodore Melfi Delusional Copy Share Image
We don't have parades for mathematicians, we have parades for astronauts. You don't think about all the thousands of people who worked… — Theodore Melfi Numbers Copy Share Image
The concept of 'family' has changed so much. It's not just 'mom and dad' anymore. It's 'mom and mom' and 'dad and… — Theodore Melfi Beautiful Copy Share Image
By the time I got to 'St Vincent,' I had shot so many scenarios I was ready for anything - I've shot… — Theodore Melfi Cats Copy Share Image
I grew up in Brooklyn, in what I now know was poverty. Sharing a tiny bedroom with my two brothers, eating government… — Theodore Melfi Bedroom Copy Share Image
