Quotes with producer

  • If an executive producer has written a certain line, and an actress says it, and it's not very funny, you don't dare go to them and say, 'I don't like this,' because it will make your life miserable.
  • I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer.
  • If a movie doesn't even have financing yet, they'll do a table read for it at a casting director's office with actors, for the producer and the writer, just to hear if the movie is working.
  • But I'm a historian. I wasn't interested in just being a producer, I was interested in doing research and presenting that research to a general public.
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  • Katharine Whitehorn Americans, indeed, often seem to be so overwhelmed by their children that they'll do anything for them except stay married to the co-producer.
    Katharine Whitehorn
    British journalist, writer, and columnist (1928 - 2021)
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  • Fred A. Allen An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer.
    Fred A. Allen
    American comic (1894 - 1956)
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  • Ann Macbeth Any new producer starting up is to get investors' confidence. Investors are still very very wary of anything to do with the arts world.
    Ann Macbeth
    British embroiderer, designer, teacher and author (1875 - 1948)
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  • Atom Egoyan As a producer, I think one of the most important decisions you make is not necessarily the material you are working on but the production apparatus that you choose to develop the project with, and that determines what funding you go to, it determines many factors.
    Atom Egoyan
    Armenian-Canadian stage and film director and writer (1960 - )
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  • Bruce Johnston Before I joined The Beach Boys, I was working at Columbia Records as a producer, and saw The Byrds come in and do their first overdub before Terry even met them.
    Bruce Johnston
    American singer, songwriter (1942 - )
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  • C. S. Lewis But how can the characters in a play guess the plot? We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage. To play well the scenes in which we are on concerns us much more than to guess about the scenes that follow it.
    The Worlds Last Night (1952)
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Bernice Johnson Reagon But I'm a historian. I wasn't interested in just being a producer, I was interested in doing research and presenting that research to a general public.
    Bernice Johnson Reagon
    American composer, scholar, and social activist (1942 - )
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  • Cameron Mackintosh By the time I was ten, everyone knew I wanted to be a producer. I was a very precocious little boy.
    Cameron Mackintosh
    British theatrical producer and theatre owner (1946 - )
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  • Carter Burwell Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living.
    Carter Burwell
    American composer of film scores (1954 - )
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  • Adam Smith Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Every man is a consumer and ought to be a producer.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Thomas Carlyle For man is not the creature and product of Mechanism; but, in a far truer sense, its creator and producer.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Andrew Morton He's a TV producer, a theatrical impresario, and he wants to be treated as Mr. Windsor but when the going gets rough he wants to be treated like a member of the Royal Family.
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  • Ben Hecht I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer.
    Ben Hecht
    American writer, playwright (1894 - 1964)
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  • Bruno Mars I feel it's my job to continue being a student of music if I want to continue being an artist and a producer of other artists. You have to keep filling your mind with other music. You have to be ahead of the curve.
    Bruno Mars
    American singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer (1985 - )
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  • Bill Hader If a movie doesn't even have financing yet, they'll do a table read for it at a casting director's office with actors, for the producer and the writer, just to hear if the movie is working.
    Bill Hader
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director (1978 - )
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  • Bonnie Hunt If an executive producer has written a certain line, and an actress says it, and it's not very funny, you don't dare go to them and say, 'I don't like this,' because it will make your life miserable.
    Bonnie Hunt
    American actress, comedian, director and producer (1961 - )
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  • Bill Kurtis If you're a producer, you always spend too much money because you want that shot - and you're willing to spend a bundle to get it.
    Bill Kurtis
    American television journalist (1940 - )
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  • Alan Parsons Immediately after the Floyd experience, I became a pop record producer.
    Alan Parsons
    English audio engineer, songwriter, musician (1948 - )
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  • Dr. W. Edwards Deming Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.
    Dr. W. Edwards Deming
    American engineer, statistician, professor and author (1900 - 1993)
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