Facts about Mark Rydell

Occup.Director
FromUSA
BornMarch 23, 1934
Age90 years

Summary

Mark Rydell is a famous Director from USA, he/she is 90 years old and still alive, born March 23, 1934.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac aries, who is known for Active, Demanding, Determined, Effective, Ambitious. Our collection contains 17 quotes who is written / told by Mark.

17 Famous quotes by Mark Rydell

Small: He was a psychotic. He was a borderline psychotic. He was a terrific, sensational actor, with a magical
"He was a psychotic. He was a borderline psychotic. He was a terrific, sensational actor, with a magical screen presence, you couldn't keep your eyes off him, but he was paranoid. He was sure everybody was out to get him"
Small: There are always at least five good films at the end of the year to get nominated, but generally speaki
"There are always at least five good films at the end of the year to get nominated, but generally speaking nowadays, it's more of the independent films that are recognized"
Small: Its very difficult to break into motion pictures, but its oddly easier for directors today because of i
"It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who have inherited for the most part those films of substance that the studios are reluctant to finance"
Small: It perhaps has a chance, a commercial chance, this film. Its funny, its charming, the idea is original,
"It perhaps has a chance, a commercial chance, this film. It's funny, it's charming, the idea is original, it's unusual and it makes fun of the movie industry in a way that it needs to be poked fun at"
Small: Its sad - its sad for us old enough to remember when directors ruled, and films were substantially bett
"It's sad - it's sad for us old enough to remember when directors ruled, and films were substantially better than they are today. But it's hard to argue with those kinds of grosses"
Small: I long for the days when grosses were not even known. There was no weekend competition
"I long for the days when grosses were not even known. There was no weekend competition"
Small: No one turns down a film with Woody its something everyone wants in their career as an important moment
"No one turns down a film with Woody; it's something everyone wants in their career as an important moment. He's such a comedic genius, without question, so I was thrilled"
Small: Its the unusual leading man. Most of the Hollywood leading men are powerful and capable and strong, her
"It's the unusual leading man. Most of the Hollywood leading men are powerful and capable and strong, heroes. He has this vulnerability, he's fragile, he struggles to find a way to live from day to day that we can identify with, that we can understand"
Small: Its kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This i
"It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This is my whole world!"
Small: Yes, there are directors I admire, the mavericks. Altman. There are many good directors
"Yes, there are directors I admire, the mavericks. Altman. There are many good directors"
Small: Theres evidence of a social decline in direct proportion to technology and the industrialization of the
"There's evidence of a social decline in direct proportion to technology and the industrialization of the motion picture industry"
Small: Now a movie goes out to two, three thousand theaters and by Friday night at 10 oclock they know if you
"Now a movie goes out to two, three thousand theaters and by Friday night at 10 o'clock they know if you are in or out. That desperate competition is, I think, horrendous. It's awful"
Small: Hes very alive in a scene. Hes a very good actor to act with. Even though through most of the picture h
"He's very alive in a scene. He's a very good actor to act with. Even though through most of the picture he's blind, there are many places early in the picture I got to be with him before he was blind. Like convincing him in the office to do the picture"
Small: Well youre talking about a long career, a lot of movies, a lot of stars. I guess working with Henry Fon
"Well you're talking about a long career, a lot of movies, a lot of stars. I guess working with Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn was a great privilege"
Small: It always amazed me that he was able to do it, and that Orson Welles was able to do it. I never underst
"It always amazed me that he was able to do it, and that Orson Welles was able to do it. I never understood it because the talents are absolutely opposite - polar opposites"
Small: Well you know, Woody doesnt rehearse, as opposed to my own method of directing where I really work with
"Well you know, Woody doesn't rehearse, as opposed to my own method of directing where I really work with actors around a round table for weeks, examining the values of the material, so his technique is very different"
Small: I dont know a lot of agents like Al Hack
"I don't know a lot of agents like Al Hack"