Quotes by Producer

"Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers shriek were not only not funny to me, but I couldn't understand why they were funny to anybody."

Florenz Ziegfeld, American Producer

Funny, Money, Comedians

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

Florenz Ziegfeld, American Producer

Goal,

"Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant."

Florenz Ziegfeld, American Producer

Beauty,

"And, I may add, from what totally unexpected sources come many of those who from the comparatively modest beginning in the chorus rise to the heights of really great achievement in the theatrical profession."

Florenz Ziegfeld, American Producer

Achievement, Beginning, May, Profession

"Yes, there is plenty of hard work for them in addition to that which they do when they appear, smiling and happy, when the curtain goes up. Giving a performance is the least of their worries."

Florenz Ziegfeld, American Producer

Work, Performance, Giving, Hard work

"To illustrate what I mean, an apt dancer may be in thorough unison with the others in that particular group, and at the same time reveal a difference in dancing temperament, rhythm or technique; she may phrase, accentuate or actually interpret differently."

Florenz Ziegfeld, American Producer

Time, Dancing, Difference, May

"They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure."

Florenz Ziegfeld, American Producer

Hope, Cause, Will

"Not only may she unconsciously register a favorable impression with my associates and me, but she may also suggest something by her work that will lead to some new and novel feature in a forthcoming production."

Florenz Ziegfeld, American Producer

Work, Impression, May, Production

"Let us hope that for many it does mean the end of trouble so far as earning a livelihood is concerned, that it means happy and comfortable home living honestly earned. But there are other troubles ahead for her, and plenty of hard work."

Florenz Ziegfeld, American Producer

Home, Work, Hope, End

"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

"I don't have a very quick sense of humor."

Florenz Ziegfeld, American Producer

Humor, Quick, Sense

"How little the public realizes what a girl must go through before she finally appears before the spotlight that is thrown upon the stage."

Florenz Ziegfeld, American Producer

Public,

"There was an interesting article in Los Angeles Magazine about women directors. A woman director makes one bad independent film and her career is over. Guys tend to get an opportunity to learn from their mistakes."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Woman, Women, Opportunity, Career, Film

"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

People,

"The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

People, Character, Effect, Writing

"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

"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

"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

Positive,

"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

"Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Comedy, Drama, Programming

"I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because then there's no work and no potential of work."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Work, Community, Potential

"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

"The ad revenues still go up because nothing dependably delivers the eyeballs that successful series do."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Success, Successful, Nothing

"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

"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

"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

"It's show business. No show, no business."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Business,

"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

"And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Care,

"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

"I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Work, People

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

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Want,

"I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

People, Being

"I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they have a line."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

People, Walking

"I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Audience, Audiences, Television, Want

"I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Business, Love, People, Chance

"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

"If you're going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health Plan participation should be placed on the right to vote on a strike."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Health, Participation, Right, Saying

"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

"There are other options out there, after all, like read a book, go on the Internet, rent a movie."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Internet, Options

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"You have this disturbing reality that there are a lot of people who would rather say, 'I'm on strike' than 'I'm unemployed.' And those are the people who vote for strikes."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

People, Reality, Vote

"There are professional negotiators working for the writers and the actors, but basically you've got the writers and actors negotiating against businessmen. That's why you get rhetoric."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Actor, Actors, Rhetoric, Writers

"The Sand Pebbles has always been one of my favorite films, I suppose because its the most difficult film - from a physical and logistical standpoint - that I've ever made."

Robert Wise, American Producer

Favorite, Film

"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

"My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker."

Robert Wise, American Producer

Perseverance, Passion, Patience

"I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know the truth and the reality of it. That's very important."

Robert Wise, American Producer

Truth, Reality

"A Mac is a closed box, so Apple can make decisions about things that they don't include. That makes, it in some ways, simpler for them."

Robert Wise, American Producer

Decisions,

"I've always been proud of being a Hoosier. When I talk to people, I tell them that."

Robert Wise, American Producer

People, Being, Talk

"As I've always said, preproduction is so important. When you cast the actors, you've done much of the work. Now, you may need to guide them a little, take it up or down, have them go faster or slower, but the casting process is crucial."

Robert Wise, American Producer

Work, Actors, May, Now

"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

People, Film

Quotes by Producer

"Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers shriek were not only not funny to me, but I couldn't understand why they were funny to anybody."

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

​

"Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant."

​

"And, I may add, from what totally unexpected sources come many of those who from the comparatively modest beginning in the chorus rise to the heights of really great achievement in the theatrical profession."

​

"Yes, there is plenty of hard work for them in addition to that which they do when they appear, smiling and happy, when the curtain goes up. Giving a performance is the least of their worries."

​

"To illustrate what I mean, an apt dancer may be in thorough unison with the others in that particular group, and at the same time reveal a difference in dancing temperament, rhythm or technique; she may phrase, accentuate or actually interpret differently."

​

"They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure."

​

"Not only may she unconsciously register a favorable impression with my associates and me, but she may also suggest something by her work that will lead to some new and novel feature in a forthcoming production."

​

"Let us hope that for many it does mean the end of trouble so far as earning a livelihood is concerned, that it means happy and comfortable home living honestly earned. But there are other troubles ahead for her, and plenty of hard work."

​

"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."

​

"I don't have a very quick sense of humor."

​

"How little the public realizes what a girl must go through before she finally appears before the spotlight that is thrown upon the stage."

​

"There was an interesting article in Los Angeles Magazine about women directors. A woman director makes one bad independent film and her career is over. Guys tend to get an opportunity to learn from their mistakes."

​

"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."

​

"The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in."

​

"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."

​

"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.'"

​

"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."

​

"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."

​

"Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off."

​

"I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because then there's no work and no potential of work."

​

"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."

​

"The ad revenues still go up because nothing dependably delivers the eyeballs that successful series do."

​

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

​

"It's show business. No show, no business."

​

"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."

​

"And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows."

​

"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."

​

"I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people."

​

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

​

"I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive."

​

"I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they have a line."

​

"I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times."

​

"I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail."

​

"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."

​

"If you're going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health Plan participation should be placed on the right to vote on a strike."

​

"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?"

​

"There are other options out there, after all, like read a book, go on the Internet, rent a movie."