Dick Wolf
Dick Wolf
Richard Anthony "Dick" Wolfis an American television producer, best known as the creator and executive producer of the Law & Order franchise of police dramas. He has won numerous awards, including an Emmy Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth20 December 1946
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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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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I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.
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I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail.
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I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.
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I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the history of show business.
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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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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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When this strike is over, there will be fewer jobs. The people who were unemployed prior to the strike aren't going to be the first ones back to work.
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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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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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Well, television has become an unforgiving environment and you don't get to make mistakes. That was the great thing about Universal in the old days.
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As soon as you become complacent your show gets canceled.
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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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The ad revenues still go up because nothing dependably delivers the eyeballs that successful series do.