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Bobby Farrelly

(1958) Film Director United States

19 quotes in 148 categories

Bobby Farrelly is a film director from the United States, best known for Shallow Hal.

Quick Facts About Bobby Farrelly

Born: June 17, 1958
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Director
Notable works: Shallow Hal

About Bobby Farrelly

Robert Thomas Farrelly is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is one of the Farrelly brothers, alongside his brother Peter, who together are known for directing and producing successful box-office comedy films, including Dumb and Dumber (1994), There's Something About Mary (1998), Me, Myself and Irene (2000), Shallow Hal (2001), and the 2007 remake of The Heartbreak Kid. He made his solo directorial debut in 2023 with Champions.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Bobby Farrelly

The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what…

About

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Writing is very difficult. You have 120 pages of blank paper and it's like, "Go fill that up with some funny stuff,"…

Blank

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Well, there are conjoined twins in real life and we can tell a story about them so long as they're not the…

About

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We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor.

Actor

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It's a big part of what we do - we test our movies extensively. I'm always there myself. It's sometimes difficult to…

Always

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I feel reviewers are tougher on comedies in general. They don't take them seriously, and the ones that get great reviews are…

Comedy

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We wanted to do a sequel with Jim and Jeff. They said that the word was that Jim didn't want to do…

Lines

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I just feel I'm on a different page from the reviewers, so I've learned not to care about them too much.

Care

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We feel that what's too far is when you make a joke and somebody gets hurt.

Feels

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I think that's the key to being a director: to be able to get the shot and move on quickly.

Able

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In comedy, though, it's good to get feedback from the audience about what they find funny.

Audience

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Clint Eastwood. Here's a guy who's been involved in so many movies, lots of them masterpieces, and now he's a director. I…

Directors

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You know, I can't remember the last movie I walked out of. If I pay, I'll see it through. I can't be…

Halfway

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Erm, I don't really have any regrets.

Funny

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We love the Stooges, and young kids today don't watch them. They think it's their dad's comedy. So we thought we could…

Audience

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I think we both have some darkness in us. But when we are together, we tend to concentrate more on the light.

Both

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I know people watch our movies and they'll see a lot of images - they call it gross-out - that they don't…

Amount

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In the world of comedy, having a partner is not the most unusual thing.

Comedy

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I think the last one would have to be The Godfather because it was such a powerful story. There was lots of…

Guy

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