Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean there's no fourth wall.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The musicals that I love on stage are generally meant for the stage.
You know, sound was still a fairly new thing when I came into movies. And the reason musicals happened is because of sound. They could put music in the picture! That's how it all began.
I think musicals can be more than what people imagine. That'll be the case with 'Matilda.' It's such a clever thing to stage. Parents would have read this when they were young and will want to share it with their children because they have such a fondness for the source.
There is a strange sort of reasoning in Hollywood that musicals are less worthy of Academy consideration than dramas. It's a form of snobbism, the same sort that perpetuates the idea that drama is more deserving of Awards than comedy.
There's been so many different types of musicals, and it's a funny genre because there's a fine line between clever and stupid. It really takes a genius to know how to do it.
I'm open to the idea of doing more musicals if it's one that I really enjoy.
But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.
I'm not gay, so I don't know much about Broadway musicals.
I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing.
I hate musicals. There, I said it.