Phil Morrison Quotations

I can speak for Unity when I say we have everything we need.

My mother and Myra Doernberg, the mother of our production designer, David Doernberg, were the utility infielders on the team,

I wasn't interested in avoiding stereotypes or clichs. Because I think that's a fool's errand. You go around and around trying to make that happen. It was a question of accepting or acknowledging these clichs . . . and saying, yes, these are types. But then exploring these types and moving them toward human-hood.

I was influenced by Angus, first and foremost. And by growing up in Winston-Salem and thinking about how other movies affected me.

(Ben) was the only cast member who I had not seen in anything because I hadn't seen 'The O.C.,' ... All I saw was his audition for Johnny ... I'd seen Amy in plenty of stuff.

What really impressed me was that one of my friends went to a Max Ophuls retrospective at Lincoln Center and Michael Barker was there every day. When your distributor is doing that, you know it's not just a job. They really love movies.

We Southerners are complicit in defining our region by what is peculiar about it.

We just plugged in and did what we had to do.

I'm not sure the state took into consideration the needs of all students. Most schools have very diverse learning populations.

It wasn't fun, ... I didn't have time to have fun. But thanks to those 20 days, I've had more fun than I've ever dreamed of.