Patrick Marber quotes - page 2

A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse. (Patrick Marber)
I mean when the play was on in New York I was starting to get film offers coming through, and since the film's come out I get offered more than I used to, but it happens incrementally. View quote
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I know it's a film and all of that, and it's a Hollywood film, but it kind of feels like this sometimes, when you're in pain and it hurts, and you're desperate. Or you are about to cross some moral line and it's so seductive and you just do... and all that. View quote
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My dialogue probably reveals the paranoia of the stand-up: if you're not quick and interesting, they will be gone. View quote
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But I'm the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong. View quote
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I think I write serious comedies. I would love to be able to write for pure pleasure, but the undertow is always loneliness. View quote
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My whole life has a Jewish flavour. View quote
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When I couldn't write, I felt like a zombie. View quote
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I don't try to be likeable. The worst thing people do is present versions of themselves to the world that aren't real. View quote
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I come back to the theatre happily knowing that while it won't make me rich, it will provide me with fun. View quote
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I think writing is a glorious and noble thing. (Patrick Marber)
If I get anything out, producing anything, no matter whether it's good or not, I allow myself a little pat on the back. View quote
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My life is in dialogue with the plays that I write. The relationship I have with my plays is very, very intimate, and I dot my life through them. View quote
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I don't feel so alive if I'm not being creative. View quote
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Oh, I would love to be in Don Juan's shoes for a weekend. Not that I was ever handsome enough to be a Don Juan. View quote
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Most of what I write is comedy. View quote
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We've all seen 'Jewing it up' performances. They are about as miserable to watch as as 'camping it up' performances when representing gays. View quote
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Thank God life ends-we'd never survive it. From Big Bang to weary shag, the history of the world. Our flesh is ferocious...our bodies will kill us...our bones will outlive us. View quote
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I don't want to lie. I can't tell the truth. So it's over. View quote
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What's so great about the truth? Try lying for a change, it's the currency of the world. View quote
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When I look back I can't believe I was so stupid as to direct Dealer's Choice. (Patrick Marber)