Facts about Patrick Marber

Occup.Writer
FromEngland
BornSeptember 19, 1964
Age59 years

Summary

Patrick Marber is a famous Writer from England, he/she is 59 years old and still alive, born September 19, 1964.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac virgo, who is known for Analyzing, Practical, Reflective, Observation, Thoughtful. Our collection contains 19 quotes who is written / told by Patrick.

19 Famous quotes by Patrick Marber

Small: Well, you just know, as a writer, I didnt really write one of the five best screenplays of the year.
"Well, you just know, as a writer, I didn't really write one of the five best screenplays of the year. There were lots of brilliant screenplays; I was just one of the lucky ones who got nominated"
Small: Im a Golden Globe nominee, yes. Its very nice. Its a very nice thing, but I kind of think of all the aw
"I'm a Golden Globe nominee, yes. It's very nice. It's a very nice thing, but I kind of think of all the awards I wasn't ever nominated for, for years and things"
Small: I mean when the play was on in New York I was starting to get film offers coming through, and since the
"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"
Small: I like them all - I dont always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters
"I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see why they do what they do; sometimes they make some mistakes, but at heart I think they're decent"
Small: Always when I directed the play, I was always trying to cast people not who were necessarily like the c
"Always when I directed the play, I was always trying to cast people not who were necessarily like the characters, but people who I felt had the essential component that the character had, some kind of soul for it"
Small: I know its a film and all of that, and its a Hollywood film, but it kind of feels like this sometimes,
"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"
Small: But I think the thing Im proud of about the film is that there arent many films - either independent fi
"But I think the thing I'm proud of about the film is that there aren't many films - either independent films or mainstream Hollywood films - that are like this; it's of its own times, and it's the film Mike Nichols wanted to make"
Small: I hoped the dramatic power of the play would rest on that tension between elegant structure - the under
"I hoped the dramatic power of the play would rest on that tension between elegant structure - the underlying plan is that you see the first and last meeting of every couple in the play - and inelegant emotion"
Small: A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse
"A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse"
Small: When I look back I cant believe I was so stupid as to direct Dealers Choice
"When I look back I can't believe I was so stupid as to direct Dealer's Choice"
Small: Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level
"Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level"
Small: The trite answer is that everything is true but none of it happened. It is emotionally true, but the ev
"The trite answer is that everything is true but none of it happened. It is emotionally true, but the events, the plotting, the narrative, isn't true of my life, though I've experienced most of the emotions experienced by the characters in the play"
Small: I used to go with my parents and loved it, I was in school plays, and I started reading plays before I
"I used to go with my parents and loved it, I was in school plays, and I started reading plays before I started reading novels. I'll defend it to the hilt. When theatre is good it is fabulous"
Small: Its one of the reasons I dont do drugs. One sniff and Id go all the way
"It's one of the reasons I don't do drugs. One sniff and I'd go all the way"
Small: It doesnt really feel like its got anything to do with me. I mean, I know I wrote it, and all that and
"It doesn't really feel like it's got anything to do with me. I mean, I know I wrote it, and all that and invented the characters and made it up, but it's Mike's film, so doing the press and stuff, it feels a little bit inauthentic. I was just one component of it"
Small: Im constantly having to be vigilant with a depressive tendency, an addictive tendency
"I'm constantly having to be vigilant with a depressive tendency, an addictive tendency"
Small: When youre in your early 20s your love life seems to explode every 20 minutes or so. By the time youve
"When you're in your early 20s your love life seems to explode every 20 minutes or so. By the time you've reached your thirties, it is every five or ten years"
Small: Im a happily married man and I think to get married you have to be optimistic
"I'm a happily married man and I think to get married you have to be optimistic"
Small: But Im the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong
"But I'm the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong"