Dan Futterman Quotes & Sayings

I think I'm kind of attracted to the material more than the medium. I'm not opposed to doing a television show, though. I actually think there are a couple of good ones. And there is some terrible theater. Film is a very different kind of acting. — Dan Futterman

We are breaking new ground in the territory of dumb with 'Shooting Fish.' Dumb, but in good taste. Silly, but not ridiculous. — Dan Futterman

Does 'Shooting Fish' have less artistic merit than a play like 'Angels In America,' which I did? Well, probably. But it's good for something. — Dan Futterman

I was raised Jewish and bar mitzvahed. — Dan Futterman

I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore. — Dan Futterman

With a play, there's more of a definable arc because of the nature of theater: You know, there's no editing, so there's something more natural about the arc a character follows in a play. I think theater is more an actor's medium, whereas film is more a director's medium, because that's who controls the final feel of the film. — Dan Futterman

I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer. — Dan Futterman

Once you start working with a particular actor, that actor becomes very present in your mind as your mind as you're writing subsequent episodes. — Dan Futterman