97 Quotes by Garry Marshall

I played a lot of ball and got hurt, stitches and this and that. That, sometimes they said, built character. I don’t think it built anything.

One of my thrills of the business is to find young people, there’s a window. I like young people who are in that brief window between on their-way-up and rehab. In that window I can make stars. It’s not really true but it’s not so far off.

I’m basically a writer, it’s who I am. I direct and I like theatre directing very much. But I’ve done 17 movies, they don’t say ‘Let’s get Garry, he’ll make a helicopter shot,’ they say ‘Get Garry, he’ll fix the script.’

We can’t compete with Mel Gibson, but we figured we could do our part.

There’s no better satisfaction than writing. I feel that writing is the best and everything else comes with it.

In the education of the American people, I am Recess.

When in doubt, you bring in relatives. Nepotism is a part of my work.

When I was five years old, my parents gave me a drum set for Christmas. My mom played the piano, and Dad played the saxophone badly. But that Christmas morning, I remember we all played together, and I thought it was the greatest day ever.

I am a total believer of making the process a good time - make it memorable, have some fun, try to shoot high in your quality and then don't get crazy, see what happens.