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Garry Marshall

(1934–2016) Film Director United States

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Garry Marshall was a film director from the United States, best known for Happy Days - a Musical.

Quick Facts About Garry Marshall

Born: November 13, 1934
Died: July 19, 2016
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Director
Notable works: Happy Days - a Musical
Spouse: Barbara Sue Wells

About Garry Marshall

Garry Kent Marshall was an American screenwriter, director, producer and actor. Marshall began his career in the 1960s as a writer for The Lucy Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show until he developed the television adaptation of Neil Simon's play The Odd Couple. He rose to fame in the 1970s for creating the ABC sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Lucy Award Disney Legends Valentine Davies Award Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by Garry Marshall

I had never done a Director's Cut narration on Beaches so I did in time for the release of the DVD. It…

Barbara

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I played a lot of ball and got hurt, stitches and this and that. That, sometimes they said, built character. I don't…

Balls

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I started as a journalist actually. I graduated from Northwestern Medill School of Journalism and with my degree discovered, once out in…

Degrees

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My partner after Fred Freeman was Jerry Belson. And Jerry Belson, after I was doing so well writing situation comedy, said, this…

Comedy

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I like to get up in the morning and see people.

Get up

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I don't sit well. I like to move around as I talk.

Around

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It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.

Failure

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I am a total believer of making the process a good time - make it memorable, have some fun, try to shoot…

Believer

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If you’ve got the comedy eye, you can look at any situation and see the humor in it while others don’t.

Comedy

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I dont sit well. I like to move around as I talk.

Moving

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Women are pretty good. Women usually fight about some stupid guy and then when they figure out it's just a stupid guy…

Fighting

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You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I…

Ears

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I directed fourteen movies. Every movie had Hector Elizondo. He didn't like Beaches. I don't know, it was originally not a happy…

Beach

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I think a lot of creative people have no sense of numbers and economics.

Creative

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Religion has a good place and it has its good people.

Good

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We can't compete with Mel Gibson, but we figured we could do our part.

Competition

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I wrote three years for Lucille Ball. She taught me everything I know about physical comedy...

Balls

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You do a little more of a record album these days. See I just wanted to put a few songs in Beaches…

Albums

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I grew up with two sisters, no brothers. There was Ronny who produced "Happy Days" for me and my sister Penny who…

Brother

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Never underestimate the power of your sister.

Power

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I was crying when I was editing [Beacher] but I stopped all the screenings years ago because I had a headache but…

Cry

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I don't know about immortal, but I must say that to me to touch more women and to have them understand friendships…

Aggravated

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In the middle of Beaches there's a scene from the "Laverne & Shirley" TV show so they see some history of my…

Beach

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Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life…

Editing

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Now women are rising to great positions and they run most of the studios now.

Position

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Garry Marshall by topic

Beach (11)