Frank Oz Professions : Film director Born : May 25, 1944 Browse All Authors Top 47 quotes by Frank Oz Do or do not. There is no try. Only do. Frank Oz trying I was a weird kid. I should've been gay because I listened to a lot of Broadway musicals. I don't know why I'm not gay. Frank Oz broadway gay kids When I did Yoda, me and three other people worked our asses off, and I was sweating every single day, it was tough as hell. Now that it's CGI, 24 people work on Yoda, and I get all the credit -- I do nothing. Frank Oz credit three people I don't look back, I just go forward. I'm just proud of the fact that my parents were immigrants and we had nearly nothing, and all of the sudden, with the help of a lot of people and my parents as a model, I amounted to something. Frank Oz parent people looks I just want to work with talented people who are enjoyable to be with, and take big huge risks from high comedy to deep, dark, brooding drama, to thriller. I just want to go back and forth. Frank Oz dark drama people Sure there's a difference with puppet-craft - who cares? I don't care about the puppet-craft, I care about what works. Who cares about the puppet and craft? It's not about that. It's about compelling an audience, and touching an audience in some way. Frank Oz who-cares touching differences Once you get a character, you lock it in your heart - it's there. Frank Oz locks heart character First impression is unfair, because a first impression of somebody is guarded, and you don't know the person. Frank Oz first-impression unfair firsts If I'm intimidated, I shouldn't be directing a movie. I gotta treat 'em as characters, not as stars. It's hard to not treat Marlon Brando as a legend, a star, it's difficult not to treat Robert De Niro as a star, but that had to go away very fast after I knew them, because I had to work with them. I'm the director, I'm the boss. They're looking to me for guidance. Frank Oz boss going-away character In a stage play, you kill the leads and they come out for a bow - in a movie, they don't come out for a bow, they're dead. Frank Oz Impossible to see, the future is. Frank Oz decision-making decision impossible I'm always amused that people zero in on one thing, and it's the wrong thing to zero in on, but nevertheless, the reason they do that is because the voice is what they know - the voice represents everything about the character, that's why. Frank Oz voice zero character I was a weird kid. I shouldve been gay because I listened to a lot of Broadway musicals. I dont know why Im not gay. I listen to a lot of jazz and world music, like African or Cuban music. Something that has vitality to it. A lot of the American stuff just feeds on itself. Frank Oz gay kids world I've always wanted to do non-comedies, I've always done dramas, comedies, music, and I always like to bop around and do different things. I'm looking for something a bit tougher, more muscle mass, something small, but the thing is, I get all the best comedy scripts, I don't get all the best drama scripts. So I'll just go with what's the best script. Frank Oz different done drama Our job as directors is to entertain an audience, it's not just to do it for the director. You might as well sit in a white room and look at the movie for the rest of your life - it's ridiculous. Frank Oz ridiculous audience I'm most proud of my kids, for one, and my family and my parents. Outside of that - what am I proud of? I don't know. I don't look back, I just go forward. I'm just proud of the fact that my parents were immigrants and we had nearly nothing, and all of the sudden, with the help of a lot of people and my parents as a model, I amounted to something. And I'm doing some very decent work. Frank Oz parent kids people I have no idea what a British sensibility or a British sense of humor is. I have no concept of what that is. I have no concept of what American sensibility is. I was born in Great Britain, but I was only there for six months, and we moved to Belgium, where I grew up. I love Britain, I lived there for nine years doing shows and things, but I don't know what a British sensibility is. I'd like to have someone tell me what an American sensibility is. Frank Oz sensibility moved sense-of-humor I don't like to have these words banded about, like "British sense of humor," "American sense of humor," though I'll be damned if I know what they are. Frank Oz sense-of-humor A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack. Frank Oz defense use knowledge I love Britain, I lived there for nine years doing shows and things, but I don't know what a British sensibility is. I'd like to have someone tell me what an American sensibility is. Frank Oz british nine years Similar Authors Alex Graves film-director Brad Furman film-director Bryan Singer film-director Bruno Dumont film-director Bruce McDonald film-director Bruce Brown film-director All Authors
