Top 45 Quotes & Sayings by Penny Marshall
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Penny Marshall.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Yankee Stadium was the only thing we had in the Bronx. It was an institution.
It's better for me to go up against someone's passion with my passion and then clarifying something that he wrote. Then I know how to work around certain things.
Once I commit to something, I complete it. If I say 'no,' I mean 'no.' I just have to learn how to say 'no' more.
I would much rather feel comfortable and feel beautiful, than to feel uncomfortable, but look fantastic.
I don't mind if somebody texts me but I'm not a big texter, the things are too small. I don't mind if they text, '7 o'clock,' that's fine, that's logistics but, 'What's up?' Get real! Pick up a phone!
I have season tickets to the Lakers and the Clippers.
I want you to laugh and cry. That's what I do.
I've directed seven movies and know a thing or two about dealing with unexpected crises.
I wish I could sing better.
In my opinion, life is more important than show business.
If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.
I live in L.A., so I go to basketball games. But I love baseball.
I do talk like a truck driver sometimes, or I curse. What can I say?
I tell stories so only the independents do that and they don't pay you that much. I'd rather do TV or an HBO movie.
I'll try anything. What are they gonna do, kick me out of show business?
Look at YouTube, how many talented people there are. It's a whole new world of how to express yourself. I don't know how to work that world, but take advantage of it.
Movie stars are insecure like everyone else. That's why they go into acting!
I like arts and crafts.
I have a strange combination of fearlessness and massive insecurity.
I think everyone's mother is slightly nuts.
I wasn't like a girly girl. I was a tomboy.
I have a good support system of friends and family.
When I'm working, I'm obsessively working.
You had to learn at a certain age what sarcasm is, you know?
You need to see what the actor needs. This one wants to be talked to privately. That one doesn't mind if you block it for them. Just tell me the truth and I'll adapt to it.
We all used to collect baseball cards that came with bubble gum. You could never get the smell of gum off your cards, but you kept your Yankees cards pristine.
My brother and sister were much older. They were planned. I was not planned for. I was called the mistake, amongst other things.
People who text a lot are not my favorite thing.
I'm not someone who has had to deal with much personal drama outside of the usual: growing up with parents who hated each other, two marriages and divorces of my own. There was the cancer thing, too.
My mother was pretty nuts, but she was also a character.
I'm not a hockey fan. I'm not a golf fan.
I'm very happy to watch a video at home with a friend rather than do dinner.
My family is well, and that's what's important.
I don't know one lens from another. That's not my job. It's the cinematographer's job. But I can talk to people.
The truth is that I am not a frump... I just enjoy being laid back.
I'm not the most positive person.
I was born and raised in the Bronx and my grandfather and my brother Garry were huge Yankees fans. One of my first memories is of them listening to a game on the radio and screaming at the radio. My brother would cry when they lost, and when I was really little, I didn't know why he was crying.
I do feel it's important to entertain people. I try to.
I don't startle easily.
I have a grandson who is 20. He's a computer guy. I'm worried that he can't communicate without his machine. They have no personal contact with people. That's the bad part of technology.
Next to sex my favorite thing is laughing - it's part of sex. Make me laugh - I'll love you.
Do whatever you can that doesn't compromise your morals.
Movie stars are insecure like everyone else. Thats why they go into acting!
If you’re not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.
I think directors should at least take acting lessons to see what's going on. And I think all actors should direct to see what a director has to go through.
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