Tab: Here's what happened… I went to USC film school, I took a screenwriting course and that's where it all kind of came together for me because I loved writing. So the sales of screenplays were coming from the guy at the 7-11, right? You dropped out of film school at a certain point, right?ĭan: And then went to work for 7-11. Lucky Number 7-11ĭan: And another hurdle, you put in place yourself. You're welcome.” I think they make it extra hard because if it was easy, everybody would be doing it. And they won't even invite you into the club unless you've failed at least six times. Tab : And I think in terms of Hollywood, I think Hollywood puts up a lot of hurdles. The point is, oftentimes how you deal with failure is as important as how you deal with success.ĭan: There's a narrative now that's really healthy, that I don't feel was around for me when I was in my twenties, which is, you know, fail fast, fail often. And I'm like, “well, it can't get any worse, right?” Six months later I was redeemed, because that's when Gorillas in the Mist opened.
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So by 20 minutes in, I'm the only one at the opening night of my movie in L.A. And I went to the opening night in L.A., and as I walked in…These were the days where they had somebody take your ticket and tear it, right? Oh my God, this guy… He's telling a couple about all the movies playing in the theater and he goes, “and then there's this real dog playing in theater four.” And I'm like, “oh my God, I wonder what that is?” And he goes, “My Best Friend is a Vampire.” So I go in there and I am one of three people on the opening night of my movie.
And that's the first movie that got made. Tab : I wrote a script called My Best Friend is a Vampire. And I didn't sell my first script till 1984. Good News, Bad Newsĭan: How long did it take from making that decision to selling a screenplay? Right? So here we go." And I also trusted in my decision that I knew I had to do this. And there's only one way to go, and that's up. And what you find out is that, "well, I didn't die. Tab: Part of that thrust into young adulthood, and just kind of going for it, is inevitably you're going to fall down. You're going to fight for you, what you want, and fight to survive. Because when you don't have a safety net, you have to succeed, you just have to.ĭan: I had a friend tell me, “I think you'll always find that you will get by.” Sort of a Yoda like sentiment, but I think it's true. Tab: No, they didn't say, “you need a safety net.” And I thank God every day for that. Go for it."ĭan: They didn't give you the Plan B speech. But if that's what you want to do, we'll support you. And my parents were like, "we don't know anything about Hollywood. Tab: Here's the thing… Parents, in a well-meaning way - being protective - can talk us out of our passion, can talk us out of our dreams. Tab: Well, it's funny because I called them and they said, “well, what do you want to do?” And when I said, “I want to go to Hollywood and get into the movie business,” there was dead silence on the phone. I might as well have said, “I want to fly to Mars and become an alien,” you know? No Plan B And I looked in the mirror and I just said, what do you really want to do with your life? And I was surprised at what came out of my mouth, which was, “I want to go to Hollywood and get into the movies.” And so I remember specifically the day I came back to my dorm room at Rogers Hall at WSU, and I was not feeling it. But it just had never crossed my mind that I could do what those people were doing on the big screen. And that something was this idea that from a very early age, I loved movies and I loved writing and I loved creative writing. And the fact that I knew that there was something deep down inside that I was kind of squashing down, and just going for what I thought I should go for. I wanted to be a Wildlife Biologist a Park Ranger.
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Plus I also thought I wanted a Forestry degree. And I was like… Husky? Or the Cougars? I like cougars.
Because when I came out of high school, as you know, if you're from Washington, everybody tends to choose from two major colleges, UW or WSU. Tab: (joking): Because I was a failure at everything else. And Go Hawks! ‘Cause I love the Seahawks.ĭan: So how does a young fella’ from Washington state end up doing screenwriting for big blockbuster movies? I grew up in Washington state and Olympia.
Tab Murphy was Born and Raised in Washington State
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