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
work community strikes
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.
new-york communication mean
People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity.
television vote should
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.
scripts ifs
If the scripts are not good, I'll tell somebody, 'This isn't good.
futurist
I hardly see myself as a futurist.
work people rude
I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.
mistake independent opportunity
There was an interesting article in Los Angeles Magazine about women directors. A woman director makes one bad independent film and her career is over. Guys tend to get an opportunity to learn from their mistakes.
trying friendly steps
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.
agendas tables sides
The agendas on the management side of the table now are not in sync like they used to be because you have vastly different entities supplying programming to networks.
heart character house
The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house.
change home night
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.
business people style
I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail.
tv-shows care tvs
And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.
movie running beach
It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim.