Quotes by Producer | Beyond Motive 8/11

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Quotes by Producer

"Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eight."

"Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eight."

Aaron Sorkin, American Producer

42

"I think it's easier to make a film with 200 million dollars than 960 grand."

"I think it's easier to make a film with 200 million dollars than 960 grand."

Matthew Vaughn, American Producer

42

"The threat to free television. The reason television is free is because it is a life support system for commercials. That fundamental aspect is about to change."

"The threat to free television. The reason television is free is because it is a life support system for commercials. That fundamental aspect is about to change."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Change, Life, Reason, Support

42

"I think that one of the nice things about the Yellow Submarine movie is that it seems to be perennial. People enjoy watching from each generation. And it was like the Beatles themselves. You know the Beatles seem to find new audience each time another generation comes along."

"I think that one of the nice things about the Yellow Submarine movie is that it seems to be perennial. People enjoy watching from each generation. And it was like the Beatles themselves. You know the Beatles seem to find new audience each time another generation comes along."

George Martin, English Producer

42

"A company like DreamWorks, all we do is make product. That's all we do. We don't own distribution. We are purely in the creation of content."

"A company like DreamWorks, all we do is make product. That's all we do. We don't own distribution. We are purely in the creation of content."

Jeffrey Katzenberg, American Producer

Company, Content, Creation

42

"I'm not going to say that every record I've put out was the greatest record in history, but I'd stand by even the bad ones. Don't make excuses, make hits."

"I'm not going to say that every record I've put out was the greatest record in history, but I'd stand by even the bad ones. Don't make excuses, make hits."

Pete Waterman, English Producer

History, Excuses

42

"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

42

"You know, people always think if you start out as a film editor, you shoot less footage. Actually, just the opposite is true. I tend to grab as much coverage as I can because as a former editor I know how important it is to have those few frames."

"You know, people always think if you start out as a film editor, you shoot less footage. Actually, just the opposite is true. I tend to grab as much coverage as I can because as a former editor I know how important it is to have those few frames."

Robert Wise, American Producer

42

"Basically, people are never happy enough because they want more money."

"Basically, people are never happy enough because they want more money."

Suge Knight, American Producer

Money, People, Want

42

"When we went on the air, I didn't want to be interrupted for an act-one curtain."

"When we went on the air, I didn't want to be interrupted for an act-one curtain."

Norman Lear, American Producer

42

"There can be no liberty without the law."

"There can be no liberty without the law."

Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer

42

"Will and Tommy Lee are the only actors I've ever worked with where neither of them want to say any lines."

"Will and Tommy Lee are the only actors I've ever worked with where neither of them want to say any lines."

Barry Sonnenfeld, American Producer

Actor, Actors, Want, Will

41

"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

41

"It is the task of several months and it is a fact that a girl, either while rehearsing or actually playing, may be training for some character or feature in some future production not yet definitely fixed even in my own mind."

"It is the task of several months and it is a fact that a girl, either while rehearsing or actually playing, may be training for some character or feature in some future production not yet definitely fixed even in my own mind."

Florenz Ziegfeld, American Producer

Character, Fact, Future, May

41

"In this nation, leadership is dollars."

"In this nation, leadership is dollars."

Norman Lear, American Producer

Leadership, Nation

41

"And usually the studios they don't want you to have credit for your movies because they want to take credit for the movies because if you get credit for your movies they've got to pay you more."

"And usually the studios they don't want you to have credit for your movies because they want to take credit for the movies because if you get credit for your movies they've got to pay you more."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

Movies, Credit, Want

41

"Well, I think, I certainly used backward music in Sea of Monsters. I can't remember in the Sea of Time. I would tend to do that all the time, you know? I tended to do all sorts of weird things. Just to get effects."

"Well, I think, I certainly used backward music in Sea of Monsters. I can't remember in the Sea of Time. I would tend to do that all the time, you know? I tended to do all sorts of weird things. Just to get effects."

George Martin, English Producer

Music, Time, Sea

41

"What I love most about animation is, it's a team sport, and everything we do is about pure imagination."

"What I love most about animation is, it's a team sport, and everything we do is about pure imagination."

Jeffrey Katzenberg, American Producer

Imagination, Love, Animation

41

"Television was supposed to be a national park. Instead it has become a money machine. It's a commodity now, just like pork bellies."

"Television was supposed to be a national park. Instead it has become a money machine. It's a commodity now, just like pork bellies."

Fred W. Friendly, American Producer

Money, Machine, Now, Television

41

"Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera."

"Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera."

Matthew Vaughn, American Producer

41

"Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired."

"Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired."

Steven Bochco, American Producer

Work, People, Opportunity

41

"I mean, I really liked those guys and the experience of doing Raiders was really good for me, but I did not really want to be involved - I only did Jedi, as I really owed George a favor."

"I mean, I really liked those guys and the experience of doing Raiders was really good for me, but I did not really want to be involved - I only did Jedi, as I really owed George a favor."

Lawrence Kasdan, American Producer

Experience, Want

41

"Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated form. It disciplines you to cut away extraneous information."

"Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated form. It disciplines you to cut away extraneous information."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Art, Advertising, Information

41

"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

41

"There are a lot of movies that inspire me to do what I do."

"There are a lot of movies that inspire me to do what I do."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

41

"No person ever gave me nothing but God."

"No person ever gave me nothing but God."

Suge Knight, American Producer

41

"The thing that's changed the most has just been the rapid technology."

"The thing that's changed the most has just been the rapid technology."

Jeffrey Katzenberg, American Producer

41

"It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling."

"It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling."

Aaron Sorkin, American Producer

People, Communication, Day

41

"I also like to look at the dynamic that takes place between religion and science because, in a way, both are asking the same questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? The methodologies are diametrically opposed, but their motivation is the same; the wellspring is the same in both cases."

"I also like to look at the dynamic that takes place between religion and science because, in a way, both are asking the same questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? The methodologies are diametrically opposed, but their motivation is the same; the wellspring is the same in both cases."

J. Michael Straczynski, American Producer

Religion, Science, Motivation

41

"If I stay in here until I am 100 years olds, I will still be a man."

"If I stay in here until I am 100 years olds, I will still be a man."

Suge Knight, American Producer

Man, Will, Years

40

"I want everything I do to have humor in it, because it seems to me that all of life has that."

"I want everything I do to have humor in it, because it seems to me that all of life has that."

Lawrence Kasdan, American Producer

Humor, Life, Want

40

"And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way."

"And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way."

Matthew Vaughn, American Producer

Acting, Writing

40

"Too many of these writers in the music papers, they are misunderstanding everything. The disco sound is not art or anything so serious."

"Too many of these writers in the music papers, they are misunderstanding everything. The disco sound is not art or anything so serious."

Giorgio Moroder, Italian Producer

Art, Music, Sound, Writers

40

"The support that we have from the network in terms of watching us at an unusual time in the year and playing our episodes three times in a given week until we built an audience... is exceptional."

"The support that we have from the network in terms of watching us at an unusual time in the year and playing our episodes three times in a given week until we built an audience... is exceptional."

Josh Schwartz, American Producer

Time, Network, Support

40

"I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat."

"I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat."

J. Michael Straczynski, American Producer

40

"The point of mythology or myth is to point to the horizon and to point back to ourselves: This is who we are; this is where we came from; and this is where we're going. And a lot of Western society over the last hundred years - the last 50 years really - has lost that. We have become rather aimless and wandering."

"The point of mythology or myth is to point to the horizon and to point back to ourselves: This is who we are; this is where we came from; and this is where we're going. And a lot of Western society over the last hundred years - the last 50 years really - has lost that. We have become rather aimless and wandering."

J. Michael Straczynski, American Producer

Society, Myth, Mythology, Years

40

"When I was a kid it was like, who could be the coolest? Who could do the stupidest thing? And you knew it was a stupid thing to do, but you would do it just so you could be the coolest guy. And then you end up doing really cruel crap."

"When I was a kid it was like, who could be the coolest? Who could do the stupidest thing? And you knew it was a stupid thing to do, but you would do it just so you could be the coolest guy. And then you end up doing really cruel crap."

Mike Judge, American Producer

40

"Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for."

"Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for."

Aaron Sorkin, American Producer

Time, People, Day

40

"I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible."

"I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

40

"Maybe they continued to agree with Archie Bunker - as I said earlier, you can't change people's minds, but you can get them to think."

"Maybe they continued to agree with Archie Bunker - as I said earlier, you can't change people's minds, but you can get them to think."

Norman Lear, American Producer

40

"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

40

"You ought to try being cruel to some people."

"You ought to try being cruel to some people."

Mike Judge, American Producer

40

"A show that no one thought had a chance has just finished its fifth year: Charmed. I think it's tougher for the younger networks, so I think they have a little more patience for the sake of the show. But who knows?"

"A show that no one thought had a chance has just finished its fifth year: Charmed. I think it's tougher for the younger networks, so I think they have a little more patience for the sake of the show. But who knows?"

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

Thought, Chance, Patience

40

"The entire exhibitions industry in the United States of America has filed for bankruptcy."

"The entire exhibitions industry in the United States of America has filed for bankruptcy."

Jeffrey Katzenberg, American Producer

America, states, United

40

"You have to give directors and cinematographers a word blueprint for visuals, but I had to learn that from experience."

"You have to give directors and cinematographers a word blueprint for visuals, but I had to learn that from experience."

Steven Bochco, American Producer

Experience, Word

40

"People do have viewing patterns, and you disrupt those at your own peril. That's something that everybody learned after 1988. The numbers have gone down every year since that strike. Big time."

"People do have viewing patterns, and you disrupt those at your own peril. That's something that everybody learned after 1988. The numbers have gone down every year since that strike. Big time."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Time, People, Numbers

40

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

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

Arthur Cohn, Swiss Producer

40

"I have to admit, I do not listen to much rock music."

"I have to admit, I do not listen to much rock music."

Giorgio Moroder, Italian Producer

40

"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

40

"What I was trying to convey there was the kind of waste land that was left after the war. It was a bit like one always thinks of war, you know, stark scenery and no birds, no trees, no leaves, nothing living. And just emptiness."

"What I was trying to convey there was the kind of waste land that was left after the war. It was a bit like one always thinks of war, you know, stark scenery and no birds, no trees, no leaves, nothing living. And just emptiness."

George Martin, English Producer

War, Birds, Land, Living

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