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To me, Romney is 'Our Idiot Brother', and Obama is 'The King's Speech'. You can spend all the money in the world. If you've got a bad product, it doesn't matter.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Kings
Brother
World
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I was a camp counselor for kids whose moms were on welfare, unfortunately, and right across the camp was the best, most pristine and preppy camp in the universe.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Kids
Mom
Counselor
Preppy
Pristine
Welfare
Camp
Unfortunately
Moms
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If an Internet company steals content, they shut it down. And let me tell you, Apple France, Yahoo France or Google France, none of them have gone out of business.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
France
Apple
Business Me Internet
Content
None
Shut
Steals
Yahoo
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Like Rodgers and Hammerstein, I'm not afraid to deal with themes about the ups and downs of life, yet which are still entertaining, and you still feel these stories.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Entertaining
Not Afraid
Stories
Theme
Downs
Hammerstein
Rodgers
Themes
Ups
Ups And Downs
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I think we do have our true, original stories that work. I can tell you that 'The King's Speech,' which we did, became a worldwide smash because people loved the personal story.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Kings
People
Thinking
Personal Story
Smash
Worldwide
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All my life, I have loved and been inspired by French cinema, and as a studio head it has been my pride and joy to have the ability to bring movies to audiences around the world.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Cinema
Joy
Pride
Life Movies World
All My Life
French
Studio
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The great thing that guys like Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and the Google guys have in common is they treat their technology like it's art, and I suppose in the hands of virtuosos like them, it is.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Art
Technology
Hands
Facebook
Great Thing
Suppose
Mark Zuckerberg
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Every time I do a movie like 'Finding Neverland' or 'Chocolat' or 'Shakespeare' in Love,' we deal with the creative process, but there's humor and fun along the way. I always love that kind of movie.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Humor
Creative
Creative Process
Fun
Way
Love Time Always
Love Time Humor
Finding
Shakespeare
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I've been involved with violent movies, and then I've also said at a certain point, 'I can't take it anymore. Please cut it.' You know, you've got to respect the filmmaker, and it's a really tough issue.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Cutting
Issues
Please
Tough
Certain Point
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You know, I'm the tough guy with taste, good friends, you know, describe me that I'm the tough guy, period, the way others do. But, you know, I'll tell you, I'm a complete wuss when it comes to my own kids.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Kids
Good Friend
Guy
Taste
Tough Guy
Way
Good Me Way
Complete
Describe
Good Friends
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Last year, when 'Black Swan,' 'True Grit' and 'King's Speech' all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the confidence to make daring movies and not do the same old you-know-what.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Daring
Financiers
Grit
Independent
Last Year
Studios
Swan
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I always loved the creative process, from 'Shakespeare in Love' to 'Finding Neverland' to 'Basquiat'; whether it's serious, or it's comedic, whether it's the 'inside look' at that, it seems to be a theme of what I do.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Creative
Creative Process
Looks
Serious
Love Always Look
Finding
Shakespeare
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Last year when "Black Swan," "True Grit" and "King's Speech" all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the confidence to make daring movies. You know, and not do the same old you-know-what.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Kings
Independent
Swans
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I think for us - the Weinstein name, the Miramax name - they've both become synonymous with brands. We have a real winning formula when it comes to championing a different kind of movie, and I think the audience trusts us.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Brands
Real
Thinking
Winning
Championing
Different Kind
Miramax
Synonymous
Trusts
Weinstein
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I just finished my homework fast, I was bored to death. There wasn't 500 channels so there was a thing for a librarian to teach a kid like me about reading. I started reading early and I read all the time, because I love it.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Kids
Bored
Homework
Reading
Channels
Love Death Time
Started Reading
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We didn't care if we were well-liked as long as the movies were good. We served the movie - that was our master at Miramax. In our second incarnation, the movie is still the master but we're getting the same results in more subtle ways.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Incarnation
Subtle
Master
Miramax
Served
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George Clooney's 'Ides of March' could be the most under-appreciated movie of the year. In 20 years they're gonna go back and say, 'Oh, that was American politics in that time period.' I follow politics, I love it, and that movie is so authentic.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
American Politics
Appreciated
March
Years
Authentic
Clooney
George
Time Period
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I saw 'Tintin' in Europe - it is 'Indiana Jones' on steroids. Unbelievable. What a fantastic movie. Steven Spielberg, you rock the house. And working with those young English guys like Edgar Wright, and also Peter Jackson; what a great combination.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Combination
Europe
House
Indiana
Peter
Rocks
Unbelievable
Edgar
Indiana Jones
Jackson
Peter Jackson
Spielberg
Steroids
Steven Spielberg
Wright
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Roman Polanski is a man who cares deeply about his art and its place in this world. What happened to him on his incredible path is filled with tragedy, and most men would have collapsed. Instead, he became a great artist and continues to make great films.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Art
Men
Filled
Great Artist
Path
Tragedy
Who Cares
Cares
Collapsed
Deeply
Roman
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If we don't get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It's time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Agree
Association
Beans
Country
Gun
Gun Control
Party
Pathetic
Shut Up
Both Parties
Michael
Mayor
Parties
Rifle
Rule
Shut
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People know that I have a great love for cinema. Not just for commercial cinema, but for the 'cinema d'auteur.' But to me, two of the great 'auteurs' are actually actors and they both happen to be French. One is Alain Delon and the other is Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Movies
Cinema
Great Love
Love Great Me
Love Great Movies
French
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People know that I have a great love for cinema. Not just for commercial cinema, but for the “cinema d’auteur.” But to me, two of the great “auteurs” are actually actors and they both happen to be French. One is Alain Delon and the other is Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Great Love
People
Two
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There is nothing like the way people feel after they've seen 'The Intouchables.' They feel amazing. The word of mouth on this film is incredible. It's intelligent-feeling good. You're not insulted by the low-browness or stupidity of some of the humor. It's so smart and terrific.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Humor
Insulted
Intelligent
People
Smart
Stupidity
Terrific
Mouth
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When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol. So, a movie like 'The Artist' that costs $14 million, has to go out and compete with movies that cost $140 million. How does David deal with Goliath?
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Artist
Cost
Doe
Excellence
Goliath
Oscars
American Public
David
Compete
Symbol
Worldwide
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I want to deal with somebody who comes from another country to the United States and has a family that comes. I don't care if it's a black family from Jamaica or a Hispanic family from Mexico. These issues need to be dealt with, but they need to be dealt with in the entertaining way.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Black Family
Country
Don't Care
Entertaining
Hispanic
Issues
Jamaica
Mexico
Dealt
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I remember when I took Quentin Tarantino with me to a very private screening of the documentary 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,' which shows some of the legal irregularities of his case. I was involved by the film, and it was an amazing experience to see people weep at the end of it.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Legal
Remember When
Screening
Tarantino
Experience Amazing Me
Amazing Experience
Desired
Documentary
Quentin Tarantino
Roman
Weep
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I never make a movie for awards consideration. I will use the hope of getting an Academy Award a) to honor the people who work so hard and also b) it's the greatest Good Housekeeping seal in the world. It's the greatest brand. It's as good as Louis Vuitton and Dior in the world of moviemaking. It's the Super Bowl.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Awards
Consideration
Dior
Good Housekeeping
Honor
Housekeeping
People
Super Bowl
Work Hope Good
Academy Award
Louis
Award
Bowl
Moviemaking
Seal
Super
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All that self-control stuff, I tried all that stuff from analysts. I went everywhere to these guys, every kind of anger-management, psychologist, psychiatrist. 'Get rid of my temper, get rid of my temper.' And there was only one guy who just said, 'I don't think this is related to, uh, issues. I think there has got to be something wrong.'
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Issues
Psychologist
Related
Self
Self Control
Temper
Thinking
Everywhere
Analyst
Rid
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I speak to kids 16, 17 years old, they haven't read a newspaper. They haven't physically handled a newspaper. They don't even look at the headlines on a subway. These kids are on the Internet and the level of news that they're getting is not the quality of 'The New York Times' or 'The Wall Street Journal.' It's way deficient, and they don't care.
Harvey Weinstein / Film Producer
Kids
New York
Wall
Years
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