Robert Wise quotes

Robert Wise quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker.”
-- Robert Wise

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“As I've always said, preproduction is so important. When you cast the actors, you've done much of the work. Now, you may need to guide them a little, take it up or down, have them go faster or slower, but the casting process is crucial.”
-- Robert Wise

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“I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know the truth and the reality of it. That's very important.”
-- Robert Wise

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“A Mac is a closed box, so Apple can make decisions about things that they don't include. That makes, it in some ways, simpler for them.”
-- Robert Wise

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“The Sand Pebbles has always been one of my favorite films, I suppose because its the most difficult film - from a physical and logistical standpoint - that I've ever made.”
-- Robert Wise

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“Of all the stars whom I worked with, I think Steve knew better what worked for him on the screen than any other. He had such a sense of what he could register, and that helped a lot in terms of shaping the character and the script.”
-- Robert Wise

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“A reflection of my feelings about the space program is found in a quotation from Charles A. Lindbergh's "Autobiography of Values." It reads, "Whether outwardly or inwardly, whether in space or time, the farther we penetrate the unknown, the vaster and more marvelous it becomes."”
-- Robert Wise

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“You look back on films sometimes and if they have not been as all-out successful as you anticipated you try to find reasons why maybe it didn't come off for audiences as well as you would have liked.”
-- Robert Wise

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