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He convinced me - Fred Freeman - to go to Hollywood and we went to Hollywood to write sitcoms. Joey Bishop actually paid my way to Hollywood.
Garry Marshall
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Garry Marshall
Age: 81 †
Born: 1934
Born: November 13
Died: 2016
Died: July 19
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For Joey Bishop, always was kind of the lost soul, so I did a traffic joke.
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We can't compete with Mel Gibson, but we figured we could do our part.
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If you’ve got the comedy eye, you can look at any situation and see the humor in it while others don’t.
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Never underestimate the power of your sister.
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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.
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That's why my ires always come comedic in a way because - can I just say something? See, I sound like such a smooth talker.
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I dont sit well. I like to move around as I talk.
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I'm basically a writer, it's who I am. I direct and I like theatre directing very much. But I've done 17 movies, they don't say 'Let's get Garry, he'll make a helicopter shot,' they say 'Get Garry, he'll fix the script.'
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