Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Paul Mazursky

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American film director Paul Mazursky.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Irwin Lawrence "Paul" Mazursky was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. Known for his dramatic comedies that often dealt with modern social issues, he was nominated for five Academy Awards: three times for Best Original Screenplay, once for Best Adapted Screenplay, and once for Best Picture for An Unmarried Woman (1978). His other films include Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), Blume in Love (1973), Harry and Tonto (1974), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), and Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986).

American - Film director | April 25, 1930 - June 30, 2014

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Almost every actor goes into almost every picture very frightened. He is positive he really can't do it. The bigger the star, the more frightened he is.

Paul Mazursky

Even when I begin with a situation that's basically funny or sad, I like to keep poking around in it. I like to get into the middle of a relationship, to explore the subtle places.

Paul Mazursky

I've rarely met couples who - they both love to do everything together.

Paul Mazursky

The one thing that's closest to my story is the thing about trying out for the juvenile delinquent role and getting it. That was the start of my acting career... which I've resumed, by the way.

Paul Mazursky

California is an island, and New York's an island. Maybe it's time for me to change islands.

Paul Mazursky

I don't like movies that are morally simple.

Paul Mazursky

If you cast wrong, you are in a lot of trouble.

Paul Mazursky

Most marriages I've known, and I've been married a long time and I've known a lot of married people - you wonder how they got together. Often they seem to be opposites.

Paul Mazursky

One thing I know is that I don't want to be a director for hire, making genre films.

Paul Mazursky

I wish in my own mind I were more definite - that I was absolutely convinced I'd never direct someone else's script, but I keep reading scripts, because I might find something.

Paul Mazursky

I wonder if that's hurt me at the box office. Maybe audiences these days want to know exactly what to expect when they go into a movie, and my movies are hard to explain in just one way.

Paul Mazursky

Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Paul Mazursky

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