Neil Simon
Neil Simon
Marvin Neil Simonis an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He has written more than thirty plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly adaptations of his plays. He has received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth4 July 1927
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
again character danny nine plays sure ways
Danny made me laugh. ... He made everyone laugh. He was a character (in more ways than one) in at least nine or 10 of my plays, and I'm sure will probably be there again in many plays to come.
new-york character home
I go to see plays all the time, and whenever I see Chekhov, I'm amazed at how this Russian play strikes home to me living 100 years later in New York City. I'm drawn to him because of his way with characters and their relationships with each other.
character play ego
I don't like losing the words, as you have to, when I'm asked to turn a play into a movie. It's not a matter of ego . . . I'm just better able to create the character for an audience through words rather than through actions.
character writing years
I don't want to restrict the life of a play to a particular production. The original actors might leave after the first six months, and I want the play to last 30 or 40 years. You write for the character, not the actor on the stage.
character play childhood
A lot of your personality is formed before you're 12, obviously, but only a few of my plays use characters from my childhood. The more mature plays are affected only by my adult experiences.
good lose moment picture seems work
It was too good a moment to lose in this picture -- and still seems to work so much,
directing joy matthew strong word work
Directing is too strong a word for what you do with Nathan, though. He's a joy to work with. And Matthew is a friend.
speak
Yo quito se dablo enchalada porquesa in quinto minuto! But I don't speak spanish.
hard
No, no, ... It's hard enough just doing one of the parts.
felt happiest start time
I felt like writing about a time when I was probably, and I think all of us are, the happiest in our lives-before the obligations start in.
knew known lane since
Nathan Lane always wanted to play Oscar. When he came in the first day, he already knew his lines. He said he'd known them since he was 18.
card months oscar three
He wanted to play Oscar too, ... He said he'd give us three months if he could understudy Nathan. So we said, 'Sure,' and let him be one of the card players, too.
came knew known lane since
Nathan Lane always wanted to play Oscar, ... When he came in the first day, he already knew his lines. He said he'd known them since he was 18.
mean original pleased worried
So, doing this one -- I mean -- the only thing I worried about was, are we going to live up to the original one, ... And for that, we need the right actors and I think we got them. So that made me feel pleased about that.