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Quotes by Producer

"It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities."

"It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

Possibility, Possibilities

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"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

56

"All the Disney lead male characters always have this kind of John Davidson kind of look to them. They all look like the same guy, and all the females look like the same, and I think the guys are just way too big."

"All the Disney lead male characters always have this kind of John Davidson kind of look to them. They all look like the same guy, and all the females look like the same, and I think the guys are just way too big."

Mike Judge, American Producer

56

"I haven't seen Clones, which has been during this period when I haven't seen much of anything, but I did see Phantom Menace, and see my feelings about it - see, first of all, I think that when you make a lot of movies, your attitude about the movies changes."

"I haven't seen Clones, which has been during this period when I haven't seen much of anything, but I did see Phantom Menace, and see my feelings about it - see, first of all, I think that when you make a lot of movies, your attitude about the movies changes."

Lawrence Kasdan, American Producer

Movies, Feelings, Attitude, First

55

"Thank God for your mother."

"Thank God for your mother."

David O. Selznick, American Producer

55

"You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man."

"You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man."

Lawrence Kasdan, American Producer

55

"You look back on films sometimes and if they have not been as all-out successful as you anticipated you try to find reasons why maybe it didn't come off for audiences as well as you would have liked."

"You look back on films sometimes and if they have not been as all-out successful as you anticipated you try to find reasons why maybe it didn't come off for audiences as well as you would have liked."

Robert Wise, American Producer

Success, Successful, Audiences

55

"I've got a huge, gigantic deal. We're talking about huge deals."

"I've got a huge, gigantic deal. We're talking about huge deals."

Mike Judge, American Producer

55

"Of all the artists on Death Row, none of them went bankrupt."

"Of all the artists on Death Row, none of them went bankrupt."

Suge Knight, American Producer

55

"Nowadays, people always say, how come he's doing such young shows? But they never mention The Mod Squad. I was very proud of that show. It's the first time an African-American guy kissed a white girl."

"Nowadays, people always say, how come he's doing such young shows? But they never mention The Mod Squad. I was very proud of that show. It's the first time an African-American guy kissed a white girl."

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

Time, People, African, First

55

"God makes stars. I just produce them."

"God makes stars. I just produce them."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

55

"From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you."

"From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

55

"We do 32 episodes a season and will have shot 267 episodes by the end of the ninth season... It's impossible to sell that many episodes in the foreign market."

"We do 32 episodes a season and will have shot 267 episodes by the end of the ninth season... It's impossible to sell that many episodes in the foreign market."

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

55

"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

55

"This dame keeps dragging me into the bushes. Keep your eye open, you may have to rescue me."

"This dame keeps dragging me into the bushes. Keep your eye open, you may have to rescue me."

David O. Selznick, American Producer

55

"You got good and bad people everywhere."

"You got good and bad people everywhere."

Suge Knight, American Producer

55

"I still that that movie-goers like the experience of leaving their homes and going to have a communal experience, especially in comedies or interactive things where you can get an audience reaction to."

"I still that that movie-goers like the experience of leaving their homes and going to have a communal experience, especially in comedies or interactive things where you can get an audience reaction to."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

55

"I like to make pictures about people who make a difference."

"I like to make pictures about people who make a difference."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

People, Difference

55

"We need a very strong military to protect the freedoms we do have."

"We need a very strong military to protect the freedoms we do have."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

55

"Of all the stars whom I worked with, I think Steve knew better what worked for him on the screen than any other. He had such a sense of what he could register, and that helped a lot in terms of shaping the character and the script."

"Of all the stars whom I worked with, I think Steve knew better what worked for him on the screen than any other. He had such a sense of what he could register, and that helped a lot in terms of shaping the character and the script."

Robert Wise, American Producer

Character, Sense, Stars

55

"So I am concerned about the amount of time we have to make it, cause it doesn't matter how much money you have, you can't create more time."

"So I am concerned about the amount of time we have to make it, cause it doesn't matter how much money you have, you can't create more time."

Matthew Vaughn, American Producer

Money, Time, Cause

54

"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

54

"In TV we've used something that I love... it's called process. I love process."

"In TV we've used something that I love... it's called process. I love process."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

54

"The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying."

"The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

54

"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

54

"Television has raised writing to a new low."

"Television has raised writing to a new low."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

Television, Writing

54

"Forget it, Louis, no Civil War picture ever made a nickel."

"Forget it, Louis, no Civil War picture ever made a nickel."

Irving Thalberg, American Producer

54

"I hate a man who always says "yes" to me. When I say "no" I like a man who also says "no.""

"I hate a man who always says "yes" to me. When I say "no" I like a man who also says "no.""

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

54

"When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of NBC. At the early focus groups, people were saying, 'Who are these people? Why should we watch them?"

"When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of NBC. At the early focus groups, people were saying, 'Who are these people? Why should we watch them?"

Dick Wolf, American Producer

History, People, Advertising, Focus

54

"The agendas on the management side of the table now are not in sync like they used to be because you have vastly different entities supplying programming to networks."

"The agendas on the management side of the table now are not in sync like they used to be because you have vastly different entities supplying programming to networks."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Management, Now, Programming

54

"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

54

"Certainly in the modern age where everything is glossed over, when somebody speaks their mind, the majority of the public go, I'd love to have said that."

"Certainly in the modern age where everything is glossed over, when somebody speaks their mind, the majority of the public go, I'd love to have said that."

Pete Waterman, English Producer

Age, Love, Majority, Mind

54

"This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The characters are very Indian. I decided that I wanted to do a comedy, so this was just the right one."

"This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The characters are very Indian. I decided that I wanted to do a comedy, so this was just the right one."

Ismail Merchant, Indian Producer

Comedy, Right, Witty

54

"I think we look to the military as something that protects our shores."

"I think we look to the military as something that protects our shores."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

54

"I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job."

"I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

Truth, Job, Want

54

"I'm so depressed. Christmas is the worst of all. Holidays are terrible, worse than Sundays. I get melancholia."

"I'm so depressed. Christmas is the worst of all. Holidays are terrible, worse than Sundays. I get melancholia."

David O. Selznick, American Producer

Christmas, Holidays

54

"I only make movies I want to go see."

"I only make movies I want to go see."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

54

"Don't dumb it down. The audience is smart and gets what you are doing."

"Don't dumb it down. The audience is smart and gets what you are doing."

Bruce Paltrow, American Producer

54

"Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them."

"Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

53

"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

53

"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

53

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

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

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

53

"But it is only through constant, faithful endeavor by the girl herself that the goal eventually is reached."

"But it is only through constant, faithful endeavor by the girl herself that the goal eventually is reached."

Florenz Ziegfeld, American Producer

53

"TIVO executives stand up and say, 'Well, we're not getting rid of commercials, but we are letting them fast forward, because people like commercials, and if they see one that they like they stop and watch it.' I mean, please."

"TIVO executives stand up and say, 'Well, we're not getting rid of commercials, but we are letting them fast forward, because people like commercials, and if they see one that they like they stop and watch it.' I mean, please."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

53

"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

53

"I love my wife, she deserves anything and everything."

"I love my wife, she deserves anything and everything."

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

53

"Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word "census," and people fall asleep."

"Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word "census," and people fall asleep."

Aaron Sorkin, American Producer

53

"I like Biggie. Like 'Pac, he was one of the best rappers in the business. Why would I try to do something to him?"

"I like Biggie. Like 'Pac, he was one of the best rappers in the business. Why would I try to do something to him?"

Suge Knight, American Producer

53

"It is my goal to learn as much about the people I'm surrounded by. I am slowly widening who I am close with, and at the same time, growing further away from others."

"It is my goal to learn as much about the people I'm surrounded by. I am slowly widening who I am close with, and at the same time, growing further away from others."

Josh Schwartz, American Producer

Time, People, Goal

53

"The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead."

"The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

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