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Dick Wolf
Dick Wolf
American Producer
Born: Dec 20, 1946
Because Change Go People Try You
Related authors: Aaron Sorkin David O. Selznick Gene Roddenberry Jimmy Iovine Robert Wise Samuel Goldwyn Shonda Rhimes Suge Knight
When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of NBC. At the early focus groups, people were saying, 'Who are these people? Why should we watch them? Dick Wolf
Saying History People Focus Air Focus Groups Hated Highest Advertising Were Sales Department The History Of Them Should Show Who Groups NBC Why Watch Early
The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in. Dick Wolf
Character You Book People Writing Backbone Saw Way Draw Had Drove Effect Very Story Storytelling Compelling Set
I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times. Dick Wolf
You Think Television Only Like Make Because Audiences Times Want Stories Really Many Based Watch
I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they have a line. Dick Wolf
People Car Seconds Later Out Bored Buildings Line Walking Get Getting Establishing Then Shots
I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive. Dick Wolf
People Think Counterproductive Most React Well Screamed Being
If the scripts are not good, I'll tell somebody, 'This isn't good.' Dick Wolf
Good Somebody Tell Scripts
I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail. Dick Wolf
Love Business People Television Fail Accelerate Getting Chance
There was an interesting article in Los Angeles Magazine about women directors. A woman director makes one bad independent film and her career is over. Guys tend to get an opportunity to learn from their mistakes. Dick Wolf
Director Woman Women Opportunity Mistakes Independent Independent Film Bad Magazine Angeles About Guys Directors Tend Over Learn Makes Los Los Angeles Article Get Interesting Film Her Career
The threat to free television. The reason television is free is because it is a life support system for commercials. That fundamental aspect is about to change. Dick Wolf
Life Change Free Television System Threat About Support Because Commercials Aspect Reason Fundamental
I hardly see myself as a futurist. Dick Wolf
Myself See Hardly
The environment doesn't change that radically. You are still going to go home at night and NBC is going to be there, ABC and CBS will still be there. Dick Wolf
Home You Change Will ABC Environment Still Go Go Home Going Radically NBC Night
It's show business. No show, no business. Dick Wolf
Business No Business Show Show Business
People do have viewing patterns, and you disrupt those at your own peril. That's something that everybody learned after 1988. The numbers have gone down every year since that strike. Big time. Dick Wolf
Time You People Big Year Own Gone Down Every Everybody Strike Those Something Since Peril Learned Big Time After Patterns Your Viewing Disrupt Numbers
The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house. Dick Wolf
You Soul Heart Programming Characters Having Network Weekly Like House Heart And Soul Repetition Your Series
The ad revenues still go up because nothing dependably delivers the eyeballs that successful series do. Dick Wolf
Nothing Eyeballs Because Revenues Still Go Up Successful Series Ad
If you're going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health Plan participation should be placed on the right to vote on a strike. Dick Wolf
Saying Health You Vote Strike Television Structures Rationality Participation Contract Same Going Placed Plan Certain Should Right Applied
I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because then there's no work and no potential of work. Dick Wolf
Work You Community Strike Say Member Out Would Potential No Work Wished Because Go Then Really Working
The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for studios to take on deficits. Dick Wolf
Positive Try Deficits Take Step Studios Economically Disastrous Most Employment Making Least Friendly Expand Base
Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful show can make. Dick Wolf
People Money Everybody TV Running Major Know Make Knows How How Much How Much Money Integrated End Vertically Same Much Successful Show Company Things

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