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Quotes by Producer

"Like they said about The West Wing, you can't do a show about Washington until you can."

"Like they said about The West Wing, you can't do a show about Washington until you can."

Josh Schwartz, American Producer

21

"If you're rude for television's sake, it ain't reality TV."

"If you're rude for television's sake, it ain't reality TV."

Pete Waterman, English Producer

Reality, Television

21

"We're overpaying him, but he's worth it."

"We're overpaying him, but he's worth it."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

21

"If I look confused it is because I am thinking."

"If I look confused it is because I am thinking."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

21

"It was the business that made Pop go away, not our inability to create."

"It was the business that made Pop go away, not our inability to create."

Jeffrey Katzenberg, American Producer

21

"But, George and Steven asked me to write the Indiana Jones sequels, and I didn't want to."

"But, George and Steven asked me to write the Indiana Jones sequels, and I didn't want to."

Lawrence Kasdan, American Producer

21

"I'm passionate about everything, like my family and friends. Anybody I am talkin' to is gonna be bona fide real. There is no substitution for happiness. Period."

"I'm passionate about everything, like my family and friends. Anybody I am talkin' to is gonna be bona fide real. There is no substitution for happiness. Period."

Suge Knight, American Producer

Family, Happiness, Friends

21

"Certainly there's got to be a little bit of reality show fatigue happening."

"Certainly there's got to be a little bit of reality show fatigue happening."

Josh Schwartz, American Producer

Fatigue, Reality

20

"We want to create these dramatic situations, whether they are real or not, to entertain audiences."

"We want to create these dramatic situations, whether they are real or not, to entertain audiences."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

Audience, Audiences, Want

20

"Will the theater disappear? No. Is it healthy? Also no."

"Will the theater disappear? No. Is it healthy? Also no."

Emanuel Azenberg, American Producer

Theatre, Theater, Will

20

"Well, it was a typical meeting with the President. He was very gracious, very outgoing."

"Well, it was a typical meeting with the President. He was very gracious, very outgoing."

Lew Wasserman, American Producer

Meeting, President

20

"If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do."

"If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do."

J. Michael Straczynski, American Producer

Change, Idea, World

20

"It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law."

"It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law."

Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer

20

"Then there was a kid in the neighborhood about three blocks away, his name was Bobby Beavis."

"Then there was a kid in the neighborhood about three blocks away, his name was Bobby Beavis."

Mike Judge, American Producer

20

"Even when they don't know who Nixon was, these shows will continue to play."

"Even when they don't know who Nixon was, these shows will continue to play."

Norman Lear, American Producer

Nixon, Play, Will

20

"You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air."

"You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air."

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

20

"I think music is what takes the experience off the screen into your soul, into your head."

"I think music is what takes the experience off the screen into your soul, into your head."

Matthew Vaughn, American Producer

Experience, Music, Soul

20

"The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for studios to take on deficits."

"The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for studios to take on deficits."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

20

"A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on."

"A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

20

"A lot of it had to do with when it's released and what's out in the marketplace, what's its competition."

"A lot of it had to do with when it's released and what's out in the marketplace, what's its competition."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

19

"Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway."

"Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

19

"Let's have some new cliches."

"Let's have some new cliches."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

19

"It has nothing to do with commercial success. You cannot calculate in your head how to put the mosaic together to make a commercial film: that's out of the question."

"It has nothing to do with commercial success. You cannot calculate in your head how to put the mosaic together to make a commercial film: that's out of the question."

Arthur Cohn, Swiss Producer

Success, Nothing, Question

19

"When we did Dynasty, it was the clothes. I think the clothes affected every woman around the world. I got so many letters, I think we made the designer a millionaire!"

"When we did Dynasty, it was the clothes. I think the clothes affected every woman around the world. I got so many letters, I think we made the designer a millionaire!"

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

Clothes, Letters, Woman, World

19

"It's hard enough to get any movie made, and when you take on these tough genres - and I've done it a couple times - it just makes the whole struggle more."

"It's hard enough to get any movie made, and when you take on these tough genres - and I've done it a couple times - it just makes the whole struggle more."

Lawrence Kasdan, American Producer

19

"I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be considered as an alien!"

"I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be considered as an alien!"

Barry Sonnenfeld, American Producer

Men, First, Want

19

"I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection."

"I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection."

Aaron Sorkin, American Producer

Drama, Perfection, Television, Theatre

19

"We had an interesting thing at that first dinner. It was prior to the availability of several new hotels in Los Angeles, and we were more or less committed to the old Ambassador Hotel that has the famous Coconut Grove."

"We had an interesting thing at that first dinner. It was prior to the availability of several new hotels in Los Angeles, and we were more or less committed to the old Ambassador Hotel that has the famous Coconut Grove."

Lew Wasserman, American Producer

Famous, First, Old

19

"It is reassuring for people to feel they have a boss, someone who knows the answers and has charted the course."

"It is reassuring for people to feel they have a boss, someone who knows the answers and has charted the course."

George Cukor, American Producer

Boss, People, Answers

19

"Creation is a drug I can't do without."

"Creation is a drug I can't do without."

Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer

19

"My kids get everything they want and are raised well."

"My kids get everything they want and are raised well."

Suge Knight, American Producer

19

"I don't care about how many times somebody recognizes my face."

"I don't care about how many times somebody recognizes my face."

Suge Knight, American Producer

19

"Nowadays you need so much money to be able to launch a new artist, notably in America; you would hardly believe the sums involved."

"Nowadays you need so much money to be able to launch a new artist, notably in America; you would hardly believe the sums involved."

Giorgio Moroder, Italian Producer

Money, America, Artist

19

"I love entertaining people and this is entertainment."

"I love entertaining people and this is entertainment."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

Love, People, Entertainment

18

"Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting."

"Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

18

"It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim."

"It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Movies, People, Beach, Pretty

18

"I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is."

"I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is."

Matthew Vaughn, American Producer

May, Philosophy, Right

18

"You can tell a lot from someone's eyes."

"You can tell a lot from someone's eyes."

Lorne Michaels, Canadian Producer

18

"You know what shows today are missing? Stars."

"You know what shows today are missing? Stars."

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

18

"What you hope for, like Unforgiven did a lot to give you a chance to do it again sometime."

"What you hope for, like Unforgiven did a lot to give you a chance to do it again sometime."

Lawrence Kasdan, American Producer

18

"This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it."

"This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

18

"If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them."

"If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

18

"It's all right; it's not so much fun any more."

"It's all right; it's not so much fun any more."

David O. Selznick, American Producer

18

"Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words."

"Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

Change, Money, Words, Writers

18

"You have to act like a responsible professional in the industry regardless of your age."

"You have to act like a responsible professional in the industry regardless of your age."

Josh Schwartz, American Producer

18

"Please write music like Wagner, only louder."

"Please write music like Wagner, only louder."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

18

"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead."

"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

18

"Well, I don't look back and celebrate. I just always worry about the next one."

"Well, I don't look back and celebrate. I just always worry about the next one."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

18

"You become so obsessed, and that's not a bad thing for a movie. Serve it with that sense that it's the whole world."

"You become so obsessed, and that's not a bad thing for a movie. Serve it with that sense that it's the whole world."

James L. Brooks, American Producer

18

"People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity."

"People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

People, Communication, Necessity

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