Quotes by David L. Wolper - Page 1

Relax! Life is beautiful!
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Beautiful
Life Is Beautiful
Relax
Life Beautiful Life Is Beautiful
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My roots are documentaries.
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Documentaries
Roots
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I don't call four hours a miniseries.
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Hours
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There's a fine line between patriotism and corn.
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Patriotism
Corn
Fine
Between
Fine Line
Line
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My definition of a producer is 'the man with the dream.'
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Definition
Producer
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I was the first independent to walk in with a documentary.
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Independent
Documentary
Walk
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Continuity is a wonderful thing, and it is a very rare thing in show business.
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Continuity
Show Business
Rare
Rare Thing
Wonderful Thing
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The minute I went into business, I was a success, and I've done well ever since.
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Minute
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If people perceive 'Roots' to be a black history show, nobody is going to watch it.
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History
Black
Black History
Perceive
Roots
History People Black
Nobody
Show
History Black People
Watch
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I don't want to make an 'Animal House.' I'm not interested in making 'Ghost Busters.'
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Animal
Ghost
Not Interested
Animal House
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'Roots' did show that the audience would be receptive to black talent and a black story.
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Receptive
Roots
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My main contribution has been that I have educated and entertained people at the same time.
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Contribution
Entertained
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I can possibly say I have entertained and educated more people than anyone else in the world.
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World People More
World People I Can
Anyone Else
Entertained
More People
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I don't fall in love with inanimate objects. I don't bond with them. I only fall in love with people.
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Fall
Objects
Bond
Love People Fall
Inanimate
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For a two-hour movie on a 20-day shooting schedule, it's O.K. to have an actor who's a pain in the neck.
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Shooting
Neck
Schedule
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I believe a mini-series has two audiences. The first is the media. Then I go for the television audience.
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Audiences
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I believe that religion and politics should not mix. Both should be a part of somebody's life - but not together.
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Life Politics Religion
Mix
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People don't buy and sell art based on the personality of the artist. Or there wouldn't be much art bought and sold.
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Sold
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Sometimes if you tell me what a story is about in just a few sentences, I can tell you if it's going to be a success.
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Sentences
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I'm not a kid trying to make an impression in the business. I do have 600 films out there that are playing constantly.
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Impression
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I had been an independent entrepreneur from the beginning, and I felt I could do it myself. I didn't want to get a job.
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Entrepreneur
Independent
Beginning
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Why is it that if you hit a shot to within a tenth of an inch of the hole, it's a great shot, but if it goes in, it's luck?
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Luck
Hit
Shot
Hole
Inch
Tenth
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Some psychiatrist told me I was interested in sculpture because I dealt in flat surfaces and needed something with dimension.
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Sculpture
Me Something Because
Dealt
Dimension
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Television is like a library. There are a lot of library books in it, and you have to pick and choose what you take out of it.
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Television
Choose
Pick
Pick And Choose
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I did not intend for there to be an incisive historical lesson in 'North and South.' Basically, it's just a good, juicy story.
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Historical
Juicy
Intend
Lesson
North
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When they did the Olympics in Seoul - or elsewhere - didn't each host country try to show its greatness to the world viewing audience?
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Elsewhere
Greatness
Host
Olympics
Viewing
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I have to do popcorn for movies. I can do more important things for television. You're going down when you're making a movie, not going up.
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Important Things
Popcorn
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My initial goal for the 1984 opening ceremonies was a show that would be majestic, inspirational, and emotional - a 20 goosebump experience.
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Inspirational
Majestic
Opening
Ceremonies
Initial
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Motion pictures are a director's medium. Broadway is a writer's medium. Television is a producer's medium. I picked a medium I could control.
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Broadway
Motion Pictures
Television
Writer
Medium
Motion
Producer
Picked
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You have to say, 'We think it's going to work. Let's go with it.' Either you're going to kill the world, or you're going to fall on your rear end.
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Rear
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I liked the clear morality of 1941, when you had no doubt about good and evil. There was a lot of idealism, people fighting for a cause. People are searching for morality today.
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Clear
Doubt
Evil
Fighting
Good And Evil
Idealism
Morality
No Doubt
Cause
Liked
Searching
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You need an actor who can maintain a character over a long period of time. If you have a weak actor, it won't be obvious in two hours, but you'll begin to see his weaknesses over four or five days.
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Five
Hours
Obvious
Weak
Begin
Time Character Long
Days
Period
Long Period
Maintain
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I make the money, and I don't have to take the abuse some of the stars do, opening up their personal life. I can go into a restaurant, sit down, and have a nice meal without being harassed. Arnold Schwarzenegger can't do that.
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Abuse
Opening
Personal Life
Schwarzenegger
Arnold
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Harassed
Meal
Restaurant
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My philosophy as a filmmaker is to inform and entertain at the same time. And when I went away from documentaries into miniseries like 'Roots,' I did the reverse. Instead of just entertaining, I want to inform at the same time.
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Documentaries
Entertaining
Roots
Entertain
Inform
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What prevailed was that it was a family story, so it didn't matter what the color. It was also the perfect subject matter for a miniseries: A best-selling book, a generational story, a social problem - they all made 'Roots' what a miniseries should be.
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Color
Roots
Subject Matter
Generational
Prevailed
Subject
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I make it happen. Who bought Alex Haley's book 'Roots' for TV? Me. I hired the director, hired the writer. I put them all together. I'm like the chef. If I mix all the ingredients right, it's going to taste terrific. If I don't, it's not going to come out good.
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Alex
Chef
Ingredients
Make It Happen
Roots
Taste
Terrific
Bought
Director
Good Together Me
Hired
Mix
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We couldn't predict what would happen with 'Roots.' You knew there were powerful moments that were going to affect people. We were making the film while the book was being completed. We were fortunate because the hardcover book was out and on the best-seller list. The heat was still on.
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Fortunate
Heat
Roots
Predict
Affect
Best-Seller
Completed
Hardcover
List
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I couldn't get my first film on the air. The first film I did was called 'The Race For Space,' about the U.S.-Soviet space race. The networks had a policy that I found out about the hard way. I even had a sponsor for my program, but the networks wouldn't put it on because it was independently produced.
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Hard Way
Networks
Independently
Produced
Sponsor
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Somebody said something funny to me the other day. They said, 'Wolper, until two weeks ago, your tombstone was going to say, 'David Wolper, the man who produced 'Roots.' I think the tombstone now has a new inscription. It's going to be 'David Wolper, the man who produced the opening ceremony of the 1984 Olympics.'
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Ceremony
Olympics
Opening
Roots
Tombstone
Two Weeks
Funny Man Me
David
Inscription
Produced
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I've asked every grammar schoolteacher in the nation to have their students write on the meaning of the Statue of Liberty. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the winning kid got up to the microphone and, in front of the world, had to dig into a pocket to pull out a crumpled sheet of paper containing the words that would move us all?
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Containing
Grammar
Liberty
Statue Of Liberty
Dig
Meaning Of
Microphone
Pocket
Pull
Schoolteacher
Sheet
Statue
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