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 [about stepping into the shoes worn by Gene Wilder
in the film version of The Producers]:Hopefully what
we bring to the characters will work. But we are different
people, and because of that the dynamic is bound to be
somewhat different.
-Feb 16, 2001, Chicago Sun-Times-
[about The Producers' story line]:It's a peculiar thing to have it all in your head. We both know the movie so well that it's not like we can forget fairly anything except lines that are new for this. I don't have to turn on the VCR to watch that movie."
[about his collaborations with Nathan Lane]:"You don't want to put the whammy on it, you know - we haven't done this yet. But, yeah, it feels like a good match.
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[about his role in The Producers]:I probably
wouldn't make a good accountant. I don't even
understand what my accountant tells me. But the
character is a sort of exaggerated version of me
Ñ he's a little more frightened than I am, everything
seems so much bigger to him than it does to me.
-Jan 12, 2001, New York Daily News-
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I
loved 'Independence Day' and I've liked disaster movies since I was a kid,"
he says. "And to do one with those guys ... why not? But I think 'Godzilla'
with people who I didn't know anything about, I might have been worried,
because it could have been who knows? But I read the script and thought
it was really exciting and hey, I wasn't doing anything and it seemed like
a very good thing to do."
"I guess I didn't realize that Godzilla really is sort
of an icon, and I'm realizing that more now than when we shot it because
there's more talk about it; people in the street are aware. I met a sort
of nut last night who walked by me and said really quietly, You're Matthew
Broderick, the new "Godzilla's" not gonna be any better than the old "Godzilla,"
the new "Godzilla's" no better than the old "Godzilla," ' like Rain Man.
But I think it's fairly faithful to the old 'Godzilla.'
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Oh, he's
sweet.
Matthew Broderick, when asked who was tougher to act
opposite: Jim Carrey or Godzilla
-May 21, 1998, E! Online-
You
have to fight the green monster with your mind, not your fists
-May 19, 1998, New York Daily News-
[about
his role in Godzilla]: All I can really say is I
play a scientist, like a bug-ologist or something ...what
the
hell am I? I forgot what I am... how embarrassing."
[about the "Godzilla" action doll modeled after him]:
"It's
very strapping, but his head doesn't even look a little
like
me. They had him looking good for a while, but then I
was
like, 'No, I think my chin's a little different. Now
I literally
don't know which one is mine. But I understand, they
can't
make it look too much like me. . . they want it to sell."
"I was in great shape when they made the mold
-1998, Entertainment Weekly-
It's
weird. We see a big foot now and then. I think there's a head that will
get used at some point. But I've not seen Godzilla at all, except sketches.
They put an 'X' on a board and say 'This is where he is'. If I thought
it was a boring or trashy version of Godzilla I wouldn't be here."
"This guy who cuts my hair in New York, he's
Japanese; he's really excited about the film. He says: 'I
like Godzilla because he's a good man and a bad man. '
King Kong is a saintly figure, whereas Godzilla is good and
bad. He's vicious but you feel bad when he's hurt.
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If
I could, I would have spaced everything out
more this year. I left How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying to do The Cable Guy for three
months, then went back [to Broadway]. During this time
I was editing Infinity, a film I directed. Then, for
the
first time in many years, I had a fairly long vacation--
five weeks. Then I came back and did Addicted to Love
with Meg Ryan. How to Succeed and getting Infinity
finished were two big milestones. But there was a huge
amount of care put into Infinity, and I don't think it
got
a fair look. I wish there had been more money to advertise
it. I was very disappointed. I enjoyed doing Cable Guy,
but it didn't depend on me at all. I knew going in it
was
a Jim Carrey movie. I was surprised at the backlash
against Jim. But that seems to go with success.
-1996, Entertainment
Weekly-
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live action, you have eight or 12 weeks to do
it as best you can. Maybe you do two days of reshoots.
But Disney's got the money to keep at these forever till they're happy.
I mean, I worked on Simba on and off over the course of two years." [Not
that he got much cash for it;]"I get all that tie-in merchandise for free, I think, and that's about it.
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[about
his kissing scenes in Torch Song Trilogy]:
This had the same challenges as any other movie I have
done. I think there is some stigma when you're playing
a love scene...with somebody who you don't really know
very well. So in that sense it was awkward.
-1989, Chatter-
I've
just always loved him and his big brutal gun.
Matthew Broderick,
ardent fan of Clint Eastwood
-1988, Loose Talk-
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