It's a prizefight. Get off the stool, take your beating, go back to your corner, rest, and take a beating again. Believe in your own talent. Marry well.

In 2007 his widow in cooperation with The Oral Cancer Foundation set up a fund in his name to address oral cancer issues in the United States. Bruce Weigert Paltrow (November 26 1943 – October 3 2002) was an American television and film director and producer. His last production was the film Duets which starred his daughter Gwyneth Paltrow.

He was the husband of actress Blythe Danner and was the father of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow.