Gil Cates
Gil Cates
Gilbert “Gil” Cates, born Gilbert Katz, was an Award winning American film director and television producer, director of the Geffen Playhouse, and founding dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Cates is most known for having produced the Academy Awards telecast a record 14 times between 1990 and 2008...
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I think it's an appropriate year for him to be host because this is a group of films that really deal with contemporary culture.
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If you are a betting man, the show will go on, really and truly,
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It's a bit like election night. It's crazy, but in a good way.
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It's hard to become a movie star today. Without the studio system, everyone's an entrepreneur.
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I'm glad we've all survived the year. The show is remarkable and complex as always. And we have, as Lou points out, the A-team with which to put it together.
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If you want a sense of what America is like, you'll watch the Oscars.
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I guess we'll ask (host) Jon Stewart to come out of that (ticket booth).