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" Some psychiatrist told me I was interested in sculpture because I dealt in flat surfaces and needed something with dimension. "
David L. Wolper
Something
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Dealt
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" Why is it that if you hit a shot to within a tenth of an inch of the hole, it's a great shot, but if it goes in, it's luck? "
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" I believe a mini-series has two audiences. The first is the media. Then I go for the television audience. "
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" 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? "
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" If people perceive 'Roots' to be a black history show, nobody is going to watch it. "
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" Relax! Life is beautiful! "
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" 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.' "
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" I did not intend for there to be an incisive historical lesson in 'North and South.' Basically, it's just a good, juicy story. "
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" 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. "
David L. Wolper
Television
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Director
" You have to say, 'We think it's going to work. Let's go with it.' Either you're going to kill the world, or you're going to fall on your rear end. "
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End
You
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" I don't want to make an 'Animal House.' I'm not interested in making 'Ghost Busters.' "
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Ghost
Interested
" I don't call four hours a miniseries. "
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Four
Call
Hours
" My roots are documentaries. "
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" Continuity is a wonderful thing, and it is a very rare thing in show business. "
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Business
Wonderful
Show Business
" My definition of a producer is 'the man with the dream.' "
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Dream
Definition
Producer
" You need an actor who can maintain a character over a long period of time. If you have a weak actor, it won't be obvious in two hours, but you'll begin to see his weaknesses over four or five days. "
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Long
Need
" 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. "
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Money
Nice
Restaurant
" 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. "
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Film
Air
Way
" 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. "
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Want
Like
Philosophy
" There's a fine line between patriotism and corn. "
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Patriotism
Line
Fine Line
" My main contribution has been that I have educated and entertained people at the same time. "
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People
Time
Educated
" I don't fall in love with inanimate objects. I don't bond with them. I only fall in love with people. "
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People
" We couldn't predict what would happen with 'Roots.' You knew there were powerful moments that were going to affect people. We were making the film while the book was being completed. We were fortunate because the hardcover book was out and on the best-seller list. The heat was still on. "
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Roots
Moments
" I can possibly say I have entertained and educated more people than anyone else in the world. "
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World
Educated
I Can
" 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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Sometimes
You
Tell
" I'm not a kid trying to make an impression in the business. I do have 600 films out there that are playing constantly. "
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Impression
Kid
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" 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. "
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Pain
Actor
Neck
" 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. "
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Beginning
Entrepreneur
Job
" 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. "
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People
Today
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" Television is like a library. There are a lot of library books in it, and you have to pick and choose what you take out of it. "
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