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Quotes by Producer

"I didn't think I would make this much money."

"I didn't think I would make this much money."

Mike Judge, American Producer

14

"The little religion that I have clung to-that what matters most is the continuity of life, and its improvement from one generation to another."

"The little religion that I have clung to-that what matters most is the continuity of life, and its improvement from one generation to another."

David O. Selznick, American Producer

Religion, Life, Improvement

14

"I can only spend $140 a month in here. I'm saving, like, $10,000 a day."

"I can only spend $140 a month in here. I'm saving, like, $10,000 a day."

Suge Knight, American Producer

14

"There's tons of creative people in television that have one failure after another, and they just step up higher. I could never get over that. When I had a failure, there was no such thing as just getting over it."

"There's tons of creative people in television that have one failure after another, and they just step up higher. I could never get over that. When I had a failure, there was no such thing as just getting over it."

Chuck Barris, American Producer

People, Failure, Television

14

"We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on."

"We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on."

Barry Sonnenfeld, American Producer

14

"One thing I was thinking about is that they probably get their come-uppance about the same percentage that people in real life do. Basically, stealing for all practical purposes might as well be legal in New York."

"One thing I was thinking about is that they probably get their come-uppance about the same percentage that people in real life do. Basically, stealing for all practical purposes might as well be legal in New York."

Mike Judge, American Producer

Legal, Life, People, Thinking

14

"The environment doesn't change that radically. You are still going to go home at night and NBC is going to be there, ABC and CBS will still be there."

"The environment doesn't change that radically. You are still going to go home at night and NBC is going to be there, ABC and CBS will still be there."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Change, Home, Environment, Night

14

"If you have a crisis, whether on a ship or wherever, there are heroes who rise above it."

"If you have a crisis, whether on a ship or wherever, there are heroes who rise above it."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

14

"I had a marketing idea that everybody hated, decency is sexy."

"I had a marketing idea that everybody hated, decency is sexy."

James L. Brooks, American Producer

Idea, Decency, Marketing

14

"It is at least 10 times more difficult to get a good synthesiser sound than on an acoustic instrument."

"It is at least 10 times more difficult to get a good synthesiser sound than on an acoustic instrument."

Giorgio Moroder, Italian Producer

14

"The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house."

"The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Soul, Heart, Network, Programming

14

"I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong."

"I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

May, Right, Wrong

14

"If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave."

"If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

14

"I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it."

"I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

14

"We just happened to come along at time where there hadn't been a new young adult drama that also could appeal to adults as well in quite some time. We sort of found a little bit of a niche."

"We just happened to come along at time where there hadn't been a new young adult drama that also could appeal to adults as well in quite some time. We sort of found a little bit of a niche."

Josh Schwartz, American Producer

14

"If you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract."

"If you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract."

David O. Selznick, American Producer

14

"Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything."

"Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything."

Norman Lear, American Producer

Happiness, Life

14

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

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

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

Possibility, Possibilities

14

"The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart."

"The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart."

Norman Lear, American Producer

People, Heart, May

14

"Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it's also disingenuous to say, 'We are not going to take the risk unless it is totally covered by the few successful shows that are out there.'"

"Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it's also disingenuous to say, 'We are not going to take the risk unless it is totally covered by the few successful shows that are out there.'"

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Success, Successful, Argument, Risk

14

"I believe Johnson understood that the reason was Vietnam. I also believe that he felt that if there was a way to communicate the real issues in Vietnam, that the reasons would be answered or understood. But there was just no way to communicate."

"I believe Johnson understood that the reason was Vietnam. I also believe that he felt that if there was a way to communicate the real issues in Vietnam, that the reasons would be answered or understood. But there was just no way to communicate."

Lew Wasserman, American Producer

Reason, Vietnam

14

"In the area we're discussing, leadership begins on Madison Avenue, on the desks and in the offices of people who spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying what will get them ratings."

"In the area we're discussing, leadership begins on Madison Avenue, on the desks and in the offices of people who spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying what will get them ratings."

Norman Lear, American Producer

Leadership, People, Buying, Will

14

"If you always been my enemy, it's still that way."

"If you always been my enemy, it's still that way."

Suge Knight, American Producer

14

"Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful show can make."

"Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful show can make."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Money, People, Successful, Company

14

"In order to have a plot, you have to have a conflict, something bad has to happen."

"In order to have a plot, you have to have a conflict, something bad has to happen."

Mike Judge, American Producer

Conflict, Order

14

"They're free because they don't know any, better. So they can just run around and do whatever, and do whatever, and most of the time they don't get caught."

"They're free because they don't know any, better. So they can just run around and do whatever, and do whatever, and most of the time they don't get caught."

Mike Judge, American Producer

14

"Definitely, it's a fear of failure that drives me."

"Definitely, it's a fear of failure that drives me."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

14

"You tend to meet on a more regular basis with people in your industry, and reality being what it is, you tend to meet with them at the particular level that you occupy; so that develops a fraternity relationship."

"You tend to meet on a more regular basis with people in your industry, and reality being what it is, you tend to meet with them at the particular level that you occupy; so that develops a fraternity relationship."

Lew Wasserman, American Producer

People, Being, Reality

14

"We got ratings. It isn't that they won't quarrel with you, or say you're always right. But as long as you stay strong and the ratings are good and you're reasonable - I don't think we fought unreasonably. We basically won that right."

"We got ratings. It isn't that they won't quarrel with you, or say you're always right. But as long as you stay strong and the ratings are good and you're reasonable - I don't think we fought unreasonably. We basically won that right."

Norman Lear, American Producer

Fight, Quarrel, Right

14

"Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright."

"Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright."

Aaron Sorkin, American Producer

Writer, Writers

14

"I almost didn't name Butt-Head 'Butt-Head.' I came real close to calling him something else."

"I almost didn't name Butt-Head 'Butt-Head.' I came real close to calling him something else."

Mike Judge, American Producer

14

"As far as anybody in the rap game ever tryin' to assassinate my character, that's impossible. You talkin' about a man who has always walked the walk and talked the talk."

"As far as anybody in the rap game ever tryin' to assassinate my character, that's impossible. You talkin' about a man who has always walked the walk and talked the talk."

Suge Knight, American Producer

Character, Man, Rap, Talk

14

"That room was not available, and the only other room had been booked for a Jewish bar mitzvah. I called the father and told him I needed the room and I would pay him to move the bar mitzvah to an adjoining room which was smaller."

"That room was not available, and the only other room had been booked for a Jewish bar mitzvah. I called the father and told him I needed the room and I would pay him to move the bar mitzvah to an adjoining room which was smaller."

Lew Wasserman, American Producer

14

"Speak slowly, Michael. He is an honourable man."

"Speak slowly, Michael. He is an honourable man."

Arthur Cohn, Swiss Producer

14

"I think there are two ways to depict a family. One is what it's really like, and one is what the audience would like it to be. Between you and me, I think the second one is what I would prefer."

"I think there are two ways to depict a family. One is what it's really like, and one is what the audience would like it to be. Between you and me, I think the second one is what I would prefer."

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

14

"But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were attracted to this kind of humor. They're all men or women who come from the same kind of experience in their own lives."

"But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were attracted to this kind of humor. They're all men or women who come from the same kind of experience in their own lives."

Norman Lear, American Producer

Experience, Men, Women, Humor

14

"When I started in the late 1950s, every film I made - no matter how low the budget - got a theatrical release. Today, less that 20-percent of our films get a theatrical release."

"When I started in the late 1950s, every film I made - no matter how low the budget - got a theatrical release. Today, less that 20-percent of our films get a theatrical release."

Roger Corman, American Producer

14

"Jim Cameron is proof that if you are good, you'll get promoted."

"Jim Cameron is proof that if you are good, you'll get promoted."

Roger Corman, American Producer

14

"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

14

"The whole world has changed after September 11th."

"The whole world has changed after September 11th."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

14

"We're lucky, real lucky. Our friends lost their house. We just had some burning embers put holes in the screens."

"We're lucky, real lucky. Our friends lost their house. We just had some burning embers put holes in the screens."

George Martin, English Producer

Friendship, Friends

13

"I put the storyboard down and came back to it like two weeks later and saw that I had written 'Butt-Head' next to the picture, and it kind of made me laugh and I thought, Well, might as well go for every laugh you can get."

"I put the storyboard down and came back to it like two weeks later and saw that I had written 'Butt-Head' next to the picture, and it kind of made me laugh and I thought, Well, might as well go for every laugh you can get."

Mike Judge, American Producer

13

"People don't know how hard it is to have your own business."

"People don't know how hard it is to have your own business."

Suge Knight, American Producer

Business, People

13

"We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article about the incidence of hypertension in black males being higher than whites, and increasing. So we did a show in which James, the father on Good Times, had hypertension."

"We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article about the incidence of hypertension in black males being higher than whites, and increasing. So we did a show in which James, the father on Good Times, had hypertension."

Norman Lear, American Producer

13

"Granted, the writers, directors, producers, and that community make a great deal of money. But they might be choosing to do a whole lot of other things for the living they make."

"Granted, the writers, directors, producers, and that community make a great deal of money. But they might be choosing to do a whole lot of other things for the living they make."

Norman Lear, American Producer

Money, Community, Living, Writers

13

"The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap, and they know it."

"The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap, and they know it."

Fred W. Friendly, American Producer

13

"Right now I'm doing four shows at a time, trying to read four outlines every week, four scripts every week, and watching four rough cuts; it's a lot of good work. It's fun to do it, but it does wear you out."

"Right now I'm doing four shows at a time, trying to read four outlines every week, four scripts every week, and watching four rough cuts; it's a lot of good work. It's fun to do it, but it does wear you out."

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

Time, Work, Fun, Now

13

"It's been a straight strip, I must tell you, I've enjoyed it all the way. If I'm saying things to make it sound like it's hard, hard work, it's not. It's beautiful work. It's fun work. It's everything you'd ever want to do."

"It's been a straight strip, I must tell you, I've enjoyed it all the way. If I'm saying things to make it sound like it's hard, hard work, it's not. It's beautiful work. It's fun work. It's everything you'd ever want to do."

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

Work, Fun, Hard work, Saying

13

"I don't mind losing, but I don't like losing to cheats."

"I don't mind losing, but I don't like losing to cheats."

Pete Waterman, English Producer

13

"I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on."

"I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

Opportunity, Ability, Luck, Man

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