But I think the thing I'm proud of about the film is that there aren't many films - either independent films or mainstream Hollywood films - that are like this; it's of its own times, and it's the film Mike Nichols wanted to make. Patrick Marber filmhollywoodindependent share on social
But I'm the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong. Patrick Marber horriblypersonsort Change image and share on social
When you're in your early 20s your love life seems to explode every 20 minutes or so. By the time you've reached your thirties, it is every five or ten years. Patrick Marber 20searlyexplode Change image and share on social
I mean when the play was on in New York I was starting to get film offers coming through, and since the film's come out I get offered more than I used to, but it happens incrementally. Patrick Marber comefilmincrementally Change image and share on social
I'm a happily married man and I think to get married you have to be optimistic. Patrick Marber happilymanmarry Change image and share on social
I know it's a film and all of that, and it's a Hollywood film, but it kind of feels like this sometimes, when you're in pain and it hurts, and you're desperate. Or you are about to cross some moral line and it's so seductive and you just do... and all that. Patrick Marber crossdesperatefelt share on social
I'm constantly having to be vigilant with a depressive tendency, an addictive tendency. Patrick Marber addictiveconstantlydepressive Change image and share on social
I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see why they do what they do; sometimes they make some mistakes, but at heart I think they're decent. Patrick Marber approvebenevolentcharacter share on social
Always when I directed the play, I was always trying to cast people not who were necessarily like the characters, but people who I felt had the essential component that the character had, some kind of soul for it. Patrick Marber castcharactercomponent share on social
I hoped the dramatic power of the play would rest on that tension between elegant structure - the underlying plan is that you see the first and last meeting of every couple in the play - and inelegant emotion. Patrick Marber coupledramaticelegant share on social
