Garry Marshall

Trivia

• Gary Marshall has been noted for his love of basketball; his contract has often made it mandatory that the studio provide a basketball court on the film locations.
• In 1991, Garry Marshall was nominated with a César at the CCésar Awards, France in the category of Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) for his direction of the 1990 film Pretty Woman.
• He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6838 Hollywood Blvd.
• In 1998, he was honored with a Honorary Lifetime Membership Award and Lifetime Achievement Award in Television at the PGA Awards.
• Garry Marshall creates a photo albums on each of his movies, creating individual stills of himself with all members of the enormous cast and crew.
• Garry Marshall is known for frequently casting Hector Elizondo, Patrick Richwood, and Larry Miller in films he directs.
• In 1993, he played the husband of his real-life sister Penny Marshall in Hocus Pocus.
• Garry Marshall was the original choice to direct Sleepless in Seattle.
• In 1991, he was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award at the BAFTA Awards in the category of Best Film for the 1990 film Pretty Woman. Garry shares the nomination with Arnon Milchan and Steven Reuther.
• Garry Marshall is a registered Democrat.

Quotes

• "You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this."
• "When I edit, I'm not from the school of Hello, I'm a genius, so everybody shut up. I'm from the school of Let's play it once in front of an audience, and then I'll tell you where it is going."
• "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."
• "Religion has a good place and it has its good people."
• "It's a hard job. It means giving up some things, but on the other hand they keep saying you can have it all. You can't really have it all so easy. You can do a little of this and little of that."
• "I don't sit well. I like to move around as I talk."
• "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."
• "Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing."
• "When in doubt, you bring in relatives. Nepotism is a part of my work."