Quotes by Producers

If you're not accurate, you'll cause untold trouble. David O. Selznick

You Cause Trouble Untold Accurate

It's all right; it's not so much fun any more. David O. Selznick

More Any So Much Fun Much Fun Right

She has good instincts, but wrong judgments. She'll rue the day. David O. Selznick

Good Day Wrong Instincts She Judgments

Thank God for your mother. David O. Selznick

God Thank God Mother Thank Your

The little religion that I have clung to-that what matters most is the continuity of life, and its improvement from one generation to another. David O. Selznick

Life Religion Generation Matters Most Another Continuity Improvement Little

They're stealing my ideas. They're imitating my shots. David O. Selznick

Imitating Stealing Ideas Shots

Under no circumstances would it be right for me to go with MGM. Irene shares my opinion. David O. Selznick

Me Circumstances Would Shares Opinion Go Right

As intelligent and responsible filmmakers, working in a free society, we have a duty to ensure that our chosen medium is a force for good. Especially in this ever-more complex and difficult world. David Puttnam

Good World Free Free Society Duty Difficult Society Medium Our Complex Ensure Responsible Force Intelligent Working Chosen Filmmakers

There is no education system in the world - none at all - that's better than its average teacher. David Puttnam

Education Teacher World Better System None Than Average

The most important thing I think teachers can do for young people is to make them inquiring, is to ensure that they know how to gather information, that they check information and they take their information from a multiplicity of sources. David Puttnam

People Important Young Think Inquiring Ensure Take Check Know Most Most Important Thing Make How Important Thing Sources The Most Important Information Young People Them Teachers Multiplicity Thing Gather

Film and the other creative industries are being transformed by digital technologies. David Puttnam

Creative Digital Other Industries Being Transformed Film Technologies

Newspapers and their editors have to become as accountable as the rest of us - they are not 'a special case,' and they have only themselves to blame for having lost the argument for 'exceptionalism' - and with it the right to 'self-regulation.' David Puttnam

Blame Rest Argument Become Lost Case Having Only Editors Accountable Newspapers Themselves Us Special Right

What is certain is that plurality and diversity are not, and never can be, a natural 'byproduct' of unregulated market forces. David Puttnam

Natural Diversity Market Market Forces Plurality Never Forces Certain

I'm a real soft, sentimental guy who dreams up decapitations. David Seltzer

Dreams Guy Real Up Sentimental Who Soft

I have an imagination that will go in any direction it is prodded. I pride myself on being able to become enthusiastic about anything: If you tell me to write a screenplay about cucumber farms, I'll swallow hard, and in 48 hours, I'll be in love with cucumber farms. David Seltzer

Love Myself Me You Pride Will Become Imagination Tell Able Enthusiastic About Direction Write Hours Cucumber Go Any Being Screenplay Anything Swallow Hard Farms

I'm not afraid to use Christ as an icon. David Seltzer

Christ Afraid Icon Use

I've learned to live without sleep. David Seltzer

Live Learned Without Sleep

I think people wanted to see some specificity in faith on TV. David Seltzer

Faith People Think TV See Some Wanted Specificity

My role model, my idol, was Francois Truffaut. David Seltzer

Idol Model Role Role Model

We shot 'Lucas' in 42 days; that's a lot of filming. David Seltzer

Days Lot Shot Lucas Filming

I want to encourage the non-star, low-profile film, and maybe we've got a chance. David Seltzer

Got Encourage Maybe Want Film Chance

I would say it's not as hard as writing, because when you're a writer, you walk right into the pit all by yourself, but when you're a director, there are at least 80 people who scream, 'Don't do that!' when you make a mistake. David Seltzer

You Director Mistake Yourself People Writing Walk Say Would Writer Make Because Least Pit Scream Hard Who Right

I think the success of any movie is dependent upon it being a singular vision. David Seltzer

Success Vision Think Singular Any Dependent Being Movie