Dick Wolf ,quotes

There are professional negoti...

There are professional negotiators working for the writers and the actors, but basically you've got the writers and actors negotiating against businessmen. That's why you get rhetoric.

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TIVO executives stand up and ...

TIVO executives stand up and say, 'Well, we're not getting rid of commercials, but we are letting them fast forward, because people like commercials, and if they see one that they like they stop and watch it.' I mean, please.

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As soon as you become complac...

As soon as you become complacent your show gets canceled.

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You have this disturbing real...

You have this disturbing reality that there are a lot of people who would rather say, 'I'm on strike' than 'I'm unemployed.' And those are the people who vote for strikes.

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The threat to free television...

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.

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Drama or comedy programming i...

Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off.

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I've known John Landgraf for ...

I've known John Landgraf for 20 years. He said it perfectly. People will ask if I've seen X. My response has often been, 'Seen it? I've never heard of it.'

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I don't think you can really ...

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.

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I get bored with establishing...

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.

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When it went on the air, the ...

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?

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If the scripts are not good, ...

If the scripts are not good, I'll tell somebody, 'This isn't good.

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The most positive step is to ...

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.

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Everybody knows things are no...

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.

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I would say that if you reall...

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.

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The heart and soul of network...

The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house.

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The environment doesn't chang...

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.

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Advertising is the art of the...

Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated form. It disciplines you to cut away extraneous information.

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And the consumer doesn't care...

And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.

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If you're going to vote on a ...

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.

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I think most people don't rea...

I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.

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