Its just I fell into a bunch of movies that kind of fit in my life. It made sense to do them in the 80s. Folks who know me think its hilarious. Rick Moranis More Quotes by Rick Moranis More Quotes From Rick Moranis Well, I took a sabbatical. I walked away from shooting movies because I couldn't handle the travel. I'm a single parent. I had young kids, and I found that keeping in touch with them from hotel rooms and airports wasn't working for me. So I stopped. Rick Moranis airports kids travel I don't limit my taste. There's some jazz that I like and there's some opera. I've been listening to what was essentially country music, but it crossed over to rock. Rick Moranis rocks listening country When I got to filmmaking, the most democratic of environments where anybody could say anything, those were the best environments, but what you don't want to assume is that you know what the audience is thinking. Rick Moranis movie say-anything thinking I don't think I've ever had a plan or direction for myself. I've actually made decisions based more on what I didn't want to do than what I wanted to do. Rick Moranis decision want thinking Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb. Rick Moranis triumph dumb evil I pulled out of making movies in about '96 or '97. Rick Moranis On the last couple of movies I made - big-budget Hollywood movies - I really missed being able to create my own material. Rick Moranis hollywood able couple What we see is what they're trying to sell us. Rick Moranis sells trying I always find it flattering when somebody recognizes me. Rick Moranis flattering My own personal taste in films as a member of the audience was not completely in line with films I was doing. Rick Moranis lines growth taste I think that I recall the nostalgic '50s: the start of early television and rock-and-roll, and I think everything seemed to get very generic. Not much has changed. Rick Moranis rock-and-roll rocks thinking I had spent years working in radio at different stations in Toronto; I wasn't in the stage company of Second City. Rick Moranis different cities years About a year ago, out of the blue, I just wrote a bunch of songs. Rick Moranis blue song years Well, whether it's on film or on TV, you don't want to throw too many curves at your audio and video guys. Rick Moranis curves guy games And we had the perhaps unfair advantage of not having to worry about what an audience was gonna think. We were in a vacuum. We were making little short films, really. Rick Moranis worry hair thinking A few years ago, I decided I wanted to be home with my family. Rick Moranis my-family home years And I discovered after a couple years that I really didn't miss making movies. Rick Moranis couple missing years The actual process of filmmaking, the many hours out of your life- it is very slow and boring. I'm not interested in that now unless an opportunity was provided for me. Rick Moranis movie actors opportunity This whole blogging stuff has been bugging me for years. Talk about no filter on things. People feel free to do and say whatever they want with no vetting, with no editing, with nothing. Rick Moranis nothing feel me people When I was a little kid, it was not uncommon for a cousin or an uncle, before they would even say 'Hello,' to gush, 'You know, your mother's brisket is just incredible; it's so good.' That was an inspiration for creating a love song in that well-worn terrain of the relationship between a Jewish boy and his mother. Rick Moranis good mother love relationship
