If you don't have comedy in a movie, you don't have a movie. Theodore Melfi More Quotes by Theodore Melfi More Quotes From Theodore Melfi You have a responsibility to make inclusion a daily thought, so we can get rid of the word 'inclusion.' Theodore Melfi daily thought you responsibility The concept of 'family' has changed so much. It's not just 'mom and dad' anymore. It's 'mom and mom' and 'dad and dad,' and it's kind of beautiful. Theodore Melfi dad family mom beautiful NASA didn't give a crap what gender you were or what race you were. If you could do the math, you were valuable. Theodore Melfi nasa you gender race The fact is this: NASA was desegregated by a white male. NASA was not desegregated by a black male. NASA was not desegregated by white women. Theodore Melfi nasa women black white To me, there are saints every day. They stand up and help others and live for others and do things for others. Theodore Melfi help-others every-day day me We don't have parades for mathematicians, we have parades for astronauts. You don't think about all the thousands of people who worked on that capsule and crunched the numbers and were integral in getting that into space. Theodore Melfi think you space people By the time I got to 'St Vincent,' I had shot so many scenarios I was ready for anything - I've shot kangaroos, I've shot dogs, cats, crowds, fight scenes, stunts, comedy, drama, handheld, dolly, helicopter, crane - I just felt that there was nothing I was unprepared for. Theodore Melfi cats fight comedy time For me, as a feminist, as somebody who wants to lift up women - because I do; I come from a single mom who raised three boys on her own - I feel like, you close the door on women, you close the door on humanity. Theodore Melfi me you women humanity You know what the truth is? You don't find Bill Murray. Bill Murray finds you. Theodore Melfi know you truth-is truth One thing that's nice about doing a movie about people that hardly anyone knows, you never worry if they're a perfect match. Theodore Melfi never you nice people Floyd Thompson, a white man, desegregated NASA. Period. Theodore Melfi nasa period man white As a director, you're open to any kind of criticism. Theodore Melfi open director you criticism We're all humans. Any human can tell any human's story. I don't want to have this conversation about black film or white film anymore. I wanna have conversations about film. Theodore Melfi story black white conversation We're very, very flawed, myself included. Theodore Melfi included very myself flawed Change is incremental. Change is small. Theodore Melfi incremental small change I think if characters change too much, it's unrealistic; their whole fabric of who they are as a person doesn't just disappear. Theodore Melfi person think too-much change My wife says I have happy delusions. I'm delusional that way. I just say, 'This is how it's got to be, and it's got to be.' I don't take no. I just don't like no. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. That's just how I am. Theodore Melfi i-am wife happy sometimes Life is laughter. Theodore Melfi laughter life If you don't infuse humor into a subject matter, no matter how dark, the audience can't accept the message of a film. It closes them down. Humor can open them up. Theodore Melfi you humor matter dark I have a very strict philosophy that if you're not working out, you're getting fat. Theodore Melfi fat out you philosophy
