Rob Marshall
Rob Marshall
Rob Marshallis an American theater director, film director and choreographer. His most noted work is the 2002 Academy Award for Best Picture winner Chicago, for which he won a Directors Guild of America Award, as well as Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Director. A five-time Tony Award nominee, he also won a Primetime Emmy Award for his choreography in the TV movie Annie...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth17 October 1960
CityMadison, WI
CountryUnited States of America
I could never have been an accountant. I got a D in math.
I've never looked at a tax return without immediately losing consciousness.
It was actually the opposite of what a director once said to me. He said, 'Remember, everyone is here to serve you.' And as he walked away, I thought to myself, 'It's exactly the opposite: I'm here to serve everyone.
My great joy in working on anything is stepping out in front of the camera and working with the actors.
As a director, you should choose a project that will educate you and enrich your life, because you're going to be doing it for two years.
The thing about movie musicals is that there have been some brilliant ones, but when they're bad, they're really bad - big white elephants.
When you're doing an action set piece, it's very similar to choreography in a way because it's shot that way. It's meticulous how it's rehearsed. I mean, you have no idea.
The hardest part about directing is getting everyone on the same page.
Maybe because I come from choreography, I've always felt that there's something about action films that made it very natural for me to go that way. It's story through movement.
I'd much rather fail than do something like 'The Chorus Line' movie, sanitized and Hollywoodized.