James Burrows Quotes & Sayings
13 most famous James Burrows quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's an 83 year old American director born on Dec 30, 1940.
“I have a fun clause in my contract. If I'm not having fun, I can leave.”
“Script comes first, then the actors, then you gotta be lucky enough to get the right time slot. Then people have to watch.”
“I remember on the pilot of 'Will and Grace' some executives from NBC saying to me, 'There are too many gay jokes.' I said, 'If not on this show, then what show?'”
“My father was Abe Burrows, who was a Broadway legend. 'Guys and Dolls,' 'How to Succeed,' 'Cactus Flower,' '40 Karats,' 'Can-Can,' 'Happy Hunting,' 'Reclining Figure,' it goes on. He was a legend, and when I was growing up, I was Abe Burrows' kid. That was my self-esteem.”
“I didn't have the drive; I never wanted to be in show business. I went into my father's business because of osmosis.”
“The best thing for an actor is to try it his way. The way they do it may not work, but it may inspire me to try something else.”
“Sometimes an actor will stumble on the joke, and I'm right on them. Back it up before the audience hears the bad version of the joke, because humor is 90% surprise. If they know what's coming, they won't laugh as hard.”
“I'll tell you what I love about directing: the surprise. You never know what's going to happen with your piece until an audience weighs in.”
“I know what's funny, and I probably know the best way to deliver the joke. Whether it's walking out of a room, facing that way, facing this way. I just have a sense of that.”
“Most of the pilots I choose do not have high-concept ideas, so for me it's not the idea as much as the execution of the idea, and if the idea, like you take a bar in Boston, that's not a high-concept idea. But if it's executed well, it makes a great show.”
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