The producers and I first talked about the Big Fish musical, right before we did the first test screening of the movie. I said, "I think there's a Broadway musical here. " And really, from that day, we started figuring out how we would do it.
The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)
The fast fish, not the big fish, eats the small fish.
You can't catch the big fish by skimming the surface.
New York is where you go to catch a big fish.
I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches.
I've always written towards movies that take place across two worlds. Most of the movies that I've worked on take place in two worlds, or sometimes three worlds, where you have a normal world and a fantasy world that mix and overlap. I never shy away from the series stuff in the real world. Big Fish is about mortality.
My big fish must be somewhere.
Big Fish was the first movie that we worked on together, and I had already written it. We had another director, but that director didn't do it. So, it was just a Hail Mary to Tim, and Tim said that he wanted to do it and I was like, "That's fantastic!" But, there wasn't a lot of collaboration because he knew what he wanted to do and just did it. There were very minor changes for Big Fish.
Loads of overtaking is boring. You go fishing and you catch a fish every ten minutes and it's boring. But if you site there all day, and you catch one mega fish, you come back with stories that you caught a fish this big (indicates a big fish), intead of this size (indicating a small fish)
A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal.
Woody Allen has done some excellent serious movies, too, like Crimes And Misdemeanors. Very overlooked movie, I think, and really his best. And currently I like Big Fish!
But I'm not to be caught with such poor bait! I'm a big fish, I am.
In the new world, it is not the big fish which eats the small fish, it's the fast fish which eats the slow fish.
I'm into eating salads and fish. I've always been a big fish eater. I like fruit. I have friends that you have to force-feed them the good stuff. I'm lucky I actually like it. Brussel sprouts and all that.
Sure, it was your idea and your fly, but he caught the big fish. Remember, fairness is a human idea largely unknown in nature.
They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true. What they don't tell you is that when it starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up.
The thing about meditation is: you become more and more you.
Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let's be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn't go home through an alley.
I'm a big fish eater. Salmon - I love salmon. My sister loves Chinese food and sushi and all that. I'm not as big of a fan, but she likes it so we eat it a lot. So I'm beginning to like it more. I don't like the raw sushi. I liked the cooked crab and lobster and everything.