American - Producer | May 25, 1931 -
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
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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.
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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.
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We all know we have a prescribed amount of time on Earth. We just don't know how much.
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The thing that's strange about Frank Vincent is that actors of his quality are usually big stars.
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I found 'Celebrity Gangster' intense, dramatic, a real page turner.
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I just think there's a general interest in the world of computers.
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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.
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I have an Oscar on my mantel.
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If you look at successful studios, they're the ones with stabilized management.
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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.
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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.
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