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When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.

~Irwin Winkler

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More money has been lost trying to imitate 'Rocky' than 'Rocky' has made.

~Irwin Winkler

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When studios start telling me why a particular film project won't work, I remember 'Rocky.' I remember that the biggest success Bob Chartoff and I have had was a film nobody wanted to make.

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No one wants to hear from the producer. He's the guy by the pool with a cigar in his mouth and a couple of lovelies on his arm. But when you're a director, they want to hear what you have to say about everything - the war, the world.

~Irwin Winkler

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As a producer, the most important call you can get is on Saturday morning, when the Friday-night grosses come in. As a director, you want your film to be successful. But your outlook is a bit different. You become very conscious of the reviews.

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If I'm going to produce something, it's going to be with somebody I think is special. Once I go beyond a handful of directors, like Scorsese, there are very few I want to work with.

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I am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s.

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I really woke up one morning and said, you know, 'I haven't seen a good film about the American Revolution. And all the ones I have seen haven't been successful, but I'm going to make a successful one.' Well, I wasn't able to do that.

~Irwin Winkler

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Producer

Born: May 25th, 1931

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