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All Quotes by author - David L. Wolper

" Continuity is a wonderful thing, and it is a very rare thing in show business. "

" 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. "

" I believe a mini-series has two audiences. The first is the media. Then I go for the television audience. "

" I believe that religion and politics should not mix. Both should be a part of somebody's life - but not together. "

" I can possibly say I have entertained and educated more people than anyone else in the world. "

" 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. "

" I did not intend for there to be an incisive historical lesson in 'North and South.' Basically, it's just a good, juicy story. "

" I don't call four hours a miniseries. "

" I don't fall in love with inanimate objects. I don't bond with them. I only fall in love with people. "

" I don't want to make an 'Animal House.' I'm not interested in making 'Ghost Busters.' "

" If people perceive 'Roots' to be a black history show, nobody is going to watch it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm not a kid trying to make an impression in the business. I do have 600 films out there that are playing constantly. "

" 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? "

" I was the first independent to walk in with a documentary. "

" 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. "

" My definition of a producer is 'the man with the dream.' "

" My initial goal for the 1984 opening ceremonies was a show that would be majestic, inspirational, and emotional - a 20 goosebump experience. "

" My main contribution has been that I have educated and entertained people at the same time. "

" 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. "

" My roots are documentaries. "

" People don't buy and sell art based on the personality of the artist. Or there wouldn't be much art bought and sold. "

" Relax! Life is beautiful! "

" 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.' "

" Some psychiatrist told me I was interested in sculpture because I dealt in flat surfaces and needed something with dimension. "

" 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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