Patrick Marber Quotes

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Patrick Marber

Profession : Writer

Birth : September 19, 1964

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.

Patrick Marber

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.

Patrick Marber

A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse.

Patrick Marber

A part of me would like to see the money go to hospitals or housing, but I have benefited so greatly from funding for the National Theatre, which has been incredible.

Patrick Marber

My dialogue probably reveals the paranoia of the stand-up: if you're not quick and interesting, they will be gone.

Patrick Marber

My whole life has a Jewish flavour.

Patrick Marber

I'm a Jew. I think of myself as a Jew first and Englishman second.

Patrick Marber

I have made a decision that in future, I will only take on movies that have a better than 75 per cent chance of being made, and that's not easy.

Patrick Marber

I come back to the theatre happily knowing that while it won't make me rich, it will provide me with fun.

Patrick Marber

I consider myself a Jewish writer, like all my heroes: Tom Stoppard, David Mamet, Philip Roth, Arthur Miller, Woody Allen.

Patrick Marber

I don't try to be likeable. The worst thing people do is present versions of themselves to the world that aren't real.

Patrick Marber

Enough people like me. Enough to let me sleep at night.

Patrick Marber

I think writing is a glorious and noble thing.

Patrick Marber

Almost every play is 10, 15 minutes too long.

Patrick Marber

I have the comedian's fear of bottles flying. I've never been bottled off, but I have had things thrown at me. Bag of crisps. And there's still a part of me, when I sit in an audience, that thinks people are going to start heckling the play.

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.

Patrick Marber

I did have a midlife crisis.

Patrick Marber

In 2012, I really thought, 'That's it. It's over. I've written what I can write.'

Patrick Marber

When I'm on a train and see an empty pitch, it gives me a certain pleasure that I can't quite describe. It's to do with potential.

Patrick Marber

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.

Patrick Marber