Quotes by Irwin Winkler - Page 1

Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Sports
Boxing
One On One
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I found Celebrity Gangster intense, dramatic, a real page turner.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Dramatic
Pages
Real
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I just think there's a general interest in the world of computers.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Computers
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I found 'Celebrity Gangster' intense, dramatic, a real page turner.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Dramatic
Intense
Turner
Gangster
Page
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More money has been lost trying to imitate 'Rocky' than 'Rocky' has made.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Imitate
Rocky
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Every film I do, I'm involved with from the very conception of the project.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Conception
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When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Bond
James
James Bond
Rid
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If you look at successful studios, they're the ones with stabilized management.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Management
Studios
Stabilized
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We all know we have a prescribed amount of time on Earth. We just don't know how much.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Prescribed
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I am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Graduates
Mail
Morris
William
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Yes. I am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Graduates
Mail
Rooms
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The thing that's strange about Frank Vincent is that actors of his quality are usually big stars.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Frank
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Believe me, it would be a long, long, cold day before I decide to warm up next to Rupert Murdoch.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Believe
Cold
Long
Warm
Would Be
Believe Me Long
Rupert Murdoch
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I'm just trying to tell a nice story. Whether you're a writer or a producer, all you want to do is tell a good yarn.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Yarn
Producer
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The day I make movies that Rupert Murdoch likes and admires is the day I'll throw in the towel, because he's got no taste.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Likes
Taste
Admires
Rupert Murdoch
Towel
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For the good producer, raising capital is about the last thing to worry about. If you're good, the money comes very easily.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Capital
Producer
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Many of the best films made about war have come out after the wars have ended. People need a period of time to reflect on them.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Wars
War Best Time
Ended
Reflect
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Usually when you have a sequel, the character always stays the same and that's true basically of 'Rocky III,' 'IV' and 'V.' He didn't really change.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Iii
Rocky
Sequel
Stays
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Function
Good Job
Misconception
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Show me a Scorsese film, and I'll show you a movie where he's taken risks. It's just his nature. He's an artist, and artists take risks. He always does what he believes in.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Scorsese
Believes
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If I'm going to produce something, it's going to be with somebody I think is special. Once I go beyond a handful of directors, like Scorsese, there are very few I want to work with.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Handful
Produce
Scorsese
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When studios start telling me why a particular film project won't work, I remember 'Rocky.' I remember that the biggest success Bob Chartoff and I have had was a film nobody wanted to make.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Studios
Success Work Me
Rocky
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Even some of us who make movies underestimate their influence abroad. American movies sell American culture. Foreigners want to see American movies. But that's also why so many foreign governments and groups object to them.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Government
American Culture
Culture
Foreigners
Groups
Underestimate
Abroad
Governments
Object
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No one wants to hear from the producer. He's the guy by the pool with a cigar in his mouth and a couple of lovelies on his arm. But when you're a director, they want to hear what you have to say about everything - the war, the world.
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Pool
Arm
Mouth
Producer
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I remember when 'The Right Stuff' opened in Hollywood. I got dressed that morning and drove my car down to the theatre that it was playing on, thinking that there would be mobs of people outside. When I looked, there was nobody there.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Remember When
Dressed
Drove
Mobs
Opened
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I really woke up one morning and said, you know, 'I haven't seen a good film about the American Revolution. And all the ones I have seen haven't been successful, but I'm going to make a successful one.' Well, I wasn't able to do that.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
American Revolution
Revolution
Good Film
One Morning
Woke
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As a producer, the most important call you can get is on Saturday morning, when the Friday-night grosses come in. As a director, you want your film to be successful. But your outlook is a bit different. You become very conscious of the reviews.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Conscious
Gross
Outlook
Reviews
Saturday
Saturday Morning
Producer
The Most Important
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This is certainly not to excuse the violence that exists on TV and films and on the Internet. But the truth is that wherever you go in Europe, there are American films and TV shows that are just as popular as at home. And you don't have that sense of violence in any other place other than America.
Irwin Winkler / Film Producer
Excuse
Truth Is
Tv Shows
Any Other Place
Exists
Wherever
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