Quotes by Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

A lot of times being “completely objective” means seeing the world through a patriarchal eye.

Eye

Mean

World

A man like Wilde was not free to live out of the closet as a homosexual, and women in general were not able to be truly themselves; there was no place for a woman’s voice to be heard or for her to express her sexuality.

Able

Men

Voice

All of us have read the stories about young people in Hollywood and all the challenges they have to confront there, and I think that artistically, I really didn’t understand the commercial side of the film business, so I went back to a purely artistic setting.

Business

People

Thinking

Aunt May’s values and Spiderman’s traumas are kind of what’s defined him as a young boy and now that he’s becoming a young man, she’s there to provide that safe place where he can still be a kid if he needs to be, or know that he has a home base as he’s going through all these physical changes. So as long as those essentials are there, we can work on finding the character together.

Character

Home

Kids

Comedy is what I really want to do and propel.

Comedy

Want

I am really not of the school of naturalism. I like style, and you can use more style in theater than in film roles. I love to sink my teeth into a part.

School

Style

Teeth

I am really touched and surprised that your generation [of millenials] feels that way, and I’m really happy the work stands up. But that show [Seinfeld] is going to stand up for all time: it’s one of the greatest things that has ever been written, and still speaks to the quirks of being a human being no matter what the era.

Generations

Matter

Way

I can’t tell stories to save my life. I like to have fun, and I go out and have a lot of fun. But I’m not really an entertainer that way. I’m much more shy.

Fun

Shy

Stories

I did ask Larry David, “How did I get so lucky? How am I here Seinfeld?” He just said, ‘Well, when you say your name over and over it just has a really strong rhythm: “Marisa Tomei. Marisa Tomei.”

Lucky

Names

Strong

I don’t prefer much of film over stage… The only thing I prefer is the paycheck.

Film

Paychecks

Stage

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Beautiful

Blood

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Brother

Business

Challenges

Character

Children

Choices

Civil Rights

Coffee

Comedy

Comic

Crazy

Creative

Crime

Dance Teacher

Daughter

Dialogue

Different

Different Times

Dog

Ears

Energy

Equal Pay

Essentials

Events

Experience

Eye

Facts

Fans

Father

Feelings

Film

Firsts

Fresh Air

Fun

Generations

Giving

Hair

Hbo

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Quotes by Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

A lot of times being “completely objective” means seeing the world through a patriarchal eye.

A man like Wilde was not free to live out of the closet as a homosexual, and women in general were not able to be truly themselves; there was no place for a woman’s voice to be heard or for her to express her sexuality.

All of us have read the stories about young people in Hollywood and all the challenges they have to confront there, and I think that artistically, I really didn’t understand the commercial side of the film business, so I went back to a purely artistic setting.

Comedy is what I really want to do and propel.

I am really not of the school of naturalism. I like style, and you can use more style in theater than in film roles. I love to sink my teeth into a part.

I can’t tell stories to save my life. I like to have fun, and I go out and have a lot of fun. But I’m not really an entertainer that way. I’m much more shy.

I did ask Larry David, “How did I get so lucky? How am I here Seinfeld?” He just said, ‘Well, when you say your name over and over it just has a really strong rhythm: “Marisa Tomei. Marisa Tomei.”

I don’t prefer much of film over stage… The only thing I prefer is the paycheck.

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