Irwin Winkler quotes

“Believe me, it would be a long, long, cold day before I decide to warm up next to Rupert Murdoch.”
-- 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.”
-- Irwin Winkler

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“I found Celebrity Gangster intense, dramatic, a real page turner.”
-- Irwin Winkler

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“Yes. I am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s.”
-- Irwin Winkler

Source : "Irwin Winkler: A Film Producer's Producer". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. December 8, 2007.

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“Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one.”
-- Irwin Winkler

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“I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is out.”

“I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All things exist in as simple a form as necessity dictates. When a thing is labeled 'complex,' that's just a roundabout way of saying you're not observant enough to understand it.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2007). “In the Company of Ogres”, p.133, Macmillan

“I don't know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.”

Source : A. A. Gill (2008). “Paper view: the best of the Sunday Times television reviews”, Orion Pub Co

“How long does getting thin take?”

“Oh, Eeyore, you are wet!” said Piglet, feeling him. Eeyore shook himself, and asked somebody to explain to Piglet what happened when you had been inside a river for quite a long time.”

“As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.”

Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers

“I tried the paleo diet, which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. And I tried the calorie restriction diet: The idea is that if you eat very, very little - if you're on the verge of starvation, you will live a very long time, whether or not you want to, of course.”

“If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.”

“A human lifespan is less than a thousand months long. You need to make some time to think how to live it.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2009.

“The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes", And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be "No."”

Source : What to Listen for in Music (1939) ch. 2