Hard Quote by Marc Platt Download Open image “Adaptations, especially movie musicals, are really hard to do.” — Marc Platt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Hard Movie Music Musicals Really
The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't work. A lot of people would disagree with me. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects. — Vincente Minnelli Copy Share Image
Almost all the movies I've directed are adaptations. And I think what I found when I went to film school, where they try to… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations. — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I like the fact that some of your favorite Broadway musicals are not made into movies. — Chance The Rapper Copy Share Image
Most adaptations of plays I hate, because they don't envision something as cinema at all, you know? — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
We already tried writing musicals. Sometimes that failure can become a cause for us. We had so much passion for the idea of doing… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
With a musical, you kind of have to do a mind-meld with the book-writer, the lyricist, the composer, the director - sometimes the producer.… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
I've been in a few films that have been adapted and, as an actor, the amount of resources and things you can gain just… — Asa Butterfield Copy Share Image
If you write enough musicals you pretty much have a sense of where they should go, what you'll need, and when; how to pull… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
There's certain people you want to see in comedies; there's certain people you just want to see in dramas. Not that there aren't individuals… — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone can ever predict a phenomenon. It's not something you can bank on. — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
Navigating the studio system has its own challenges, and, as a producer, you want to be astute and clever. — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
The character we've always thought of as the Wicked Witch of the West is a green girl who's actually very good, misunderstood, and trying… — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
I appreciate actors who work very hard to get at the truth of the character they're playing. That speaks to me, and I try… — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
I'm very competitive, and I want to be very successful, but at the end of the day, films to me are still films. I… — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
The further you get up the corporate ladder, the farther you get from the actual filmmaking process. — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
It's hard to get an inner dialogue in a film. It's not cinematic. But in a musical, the character can just turn to the… — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
I was always interested in storytelling, particularly in theater and film. I liked creative things. My mom and dad are wonderful people, but both… — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
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