Quotes by Richard LaGravenese

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Richard LaGravenese is an American screenwriter and film director, best known as the writer of The Fisher King.
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Families always have these unspoken dramas, and at holidays, everyone is supposed to sit down and pretend that none of that is going on.

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Disney usually doesn't do pitches for original ideas.

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I'm tired of doing rewrites for executives.

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When I was young, I had two older sisters, and since I was the youngest in my family, my mom took me around with her all the time. I was forever with her when she was having coffee in the middle of the afternoon with her three sisters. And they would...

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The real Liberace - and I'll preface this by saying that I didn't know the real one - was a man who didn't come from much. His father left him and his family for another woman. His father was a musician, which I thought was pretty interesting.

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The woman who runs the Pennsylvania Innocence Project told me that there's a man she's been trying to get out of prison for 26 years. Every night before she goes to bed, she thinks, 'What is he doing?' She says you don't sleep. And yet, she has the g...

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My dad was a presence, of course, but he worked nights a lot, and I would only see him one day a week.

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The death penalty issue is obviously a divisive one. But whether one is for or against, you can not deny the basic illogic - if we know the system is flawed, if we know there are innocent people on Death Row, then until the system is reformed, should...

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Sondheim is my god; I love the man. I learned a great deal about writing from his work, his lyrics, and his structure.

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There is a musical rhythm to great writing, especially if it's performed correctly.

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The territory has changed, and a lot of really good actors want to do cable series, but they don't necessarily want to do network TV and make the commitment of 22 episodes or whatever. They find that the liberties and the creative freedoms that you g...

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A friend of mine from college is married to Neil Levy, who started on 'Saturday Night Live' in the early days and is a really great guy and funny writer.

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Nowadays, Skype is a generational way of putting both people on camera at the same time.

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My true nature, I believe, is writing.

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I tend to believe, when you're in a relationship, if you don't fight, it's not a real relationship. You have to have arguments and tensions, otherwise I don't believe it.

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We have people in our lives who help us evolve along the way. If you're lucky, you find someone who evolves along with you, and that's what you call a long-term relationship.

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I'm not really a believer in romantic, happily-ever-after love stories.

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Paul Hicks is the only guy The Beatles will allow to arrange, mix and engineer their music, so he did the Cirque du Soleil 'Love' show.

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The thing that I love is human behavior - why people do what they do, who they are, and the choices that they make - and that has to always be plot driven.

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I just really have an affinity for women. Watching them go through journeys is more interesting to me than watching men.

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'The Last Five Years' was a musical in 2002, and it's a deconstruction of a marriage.

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Author Bio

  • NameRichard LaGravenese
  • DescriptionAmerican screenwriter and director
  • BornOctober 30, 1959
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Film Director