#producer

I came to New York to be an actor and I became a film producer first. ↗

— Griffin Dunne

#became #came #film #first #i

Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. I've been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you're under pressure. ↗

— Al Franken

#been #being #comedian #comedy #communicating

Meat consumption is just as dangerous to public health as tobacco use... It's time we looked into holding the meat producers and fast-food outlets legally accountable. ↗

— Neal Barnard

#consumption #dangerous #fast-food #health #holding

I've never let producers tell me what to do. Even when I was making television, I always did what I wanted to do, and if I couldn't, I didn't do it. It was a freedom that, these days, young directors starting out don't have. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#days #did #directors #even #freedom

The same historical development that turned the citizen into a client transformed the worker from a producer into a consumer. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#client #consumer #development #historical #into

Nobody taught Picasso how to paint - he learned for himself. And nobody can teach you to be a producer. You can learn the mechanics, but you can't learn what's right about a script or a director or an actor. That comes from instinct and intuition. It comes from inside you. ↗

— Dino De Laurentiis

#actor #comes #director #himself #how

Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#already #become #blows #business #fine

Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors. ↗

— Bernie Mac

#his #how #jerry #knows #might

The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#assemble #little #now #producers #seems

I never played politics, I was never a party girl, and I never slept with any of the producers. ↗

— Ann Miller

#girl #i #never #party #party girl