Famous Quotes

Quotes by Harvey Weinstein

• I hope to continue my friendship with France and its filmmakers for many years to come.
• I just finished my homework fast, I was bored to death. There wasn't 500 channels so there was a thing for a librarian to teach a kid like me about reading. I started reading early and I read all the time, because I love it.
• I learned what I really love is making films, not the film business. I want to be on the set, meeting with writers, I want that freedom. I love it now.
• I must admit, even though I'm the product of two Jewish parents, I think the Irish temper got in there somewhere, so I'm going to check Mom's genealogy.
• I never make a movie for awards consideration. I will use the hope of getting an Academy Award a) to honor the people who work so hard and also b) it's the greatest Good Housekeeping seal in the world. It's the greatest brand. It's as good as Louis Vuitton and Dior in the world of moviemaking. It's the Super Bowl.
• I remember when I took Quentin Tarantino with me to a very private screening of the documentary 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,' which shows some of the legal irregularities of his case. I was involved by the film, and it was an amazing experience to see people weep at the end of it.
• I think I took my eye off the ball. From about 2005, 2006, 2007, I was out of it. I thought I could oversee movies and have it done for me, so to speak.
• I want to deal with somebody who comes from another country to the United States and has a family that comes. I don't care if it's a black family from Jamaica or a Hispanic family from Mexico. These issues need to be dealt with, but they need to be dealt with in the entertaining way.
• I wanted to do something inspirational for my children.
• I'd never made a teen comedy in my life.
• I'm probably the only person who goes to work and says 'Wow, it's really nice here and sweet,' even in the competitive movie business.
• I've been involved with violent movies, and then I've also said at a certain point, 'I can't take it anymore. Please cut it.' You know, you've got to respect the filmmaker, and it's a really tough issue.
• I've had such a great track record in making a huge profit when the movies are smaller.
• I... grew up in politics and I used to work for the Democratic Party.
• If an Internet company steals content, they shut it down. And let me tell you, Apple France, Yahoo France or Google France, none of them have gone out of business.
• If we don't get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It's time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties.
• It's hard to think of yourself as a brand, especially when I have four daughters who kick my butt early in the morning every day before I go to work.
• It's the golden age of French cinema again but it's because Sarkozy had the guts to push through copyright law.