Terrence Quotes

I`ve been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.

(On working in films) "It`s all about narcissism. Terrence Malick called it `sanctioned vanity`. Everything is attended to. Would you like some Perrier? Anything we can do? May we throw ourselves on the ground in front of you? This unbelievable barrage of indulgence".

I guess what Judd Apatow is to me, is what Terrence Malick is to David Gordon Green. They`re just good friends.

(On losing the role of Frankie, which had been written for her by playwright Terrence McNally, to Michelle Pfeiffer in the movie version of "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune") "I thought it was wonderful to see a love story about people over forty, ordinary people who were trying to connect. We haven`t seen it before, and I don`t think we will see it with this movie Frankie and Johnny (1991)."

(Terrence Malick) is a guy who sees his movies and thinks, `I would have done that differently.` I see mine and say, `Given the circumstances, that`s what I did and that`s what I`d do again.` I don`t know how much of a free-will guy I am.

On Terrence Malick, whom he admires: It`s so strange; I never knew what happened to him. I saw Richard Gere in New Orleans one time, and I said, "What ever happened to Terry Malick?" And he said, "Everybody asks me that." He said, "I have no idea." But later on I met Terry. And he just - he just decided that he didn`t want to live that life. Or so he told me. He just didn`t want to live the life. It wasn`t that he didn`t like the films. It`s just, if you could do it without living in Hollywood ...