Irwin Winkler Quotes

Usually when you have a sequel, the character always stays the same and that's true basically of 'Rocky III,' 'IV' and 'V.' He didn't really change.

The day I make movies that Rupert Murdoch likes and admires is the day I'll throw in the towel, because he's got no taste.

I'm just trying to tell a nice story. Whether you're a writer or a producer, all you want to do is tell a good yarn.

Even some of us who make movies underestimate their influence abroad. American movies sell American culture. Foreigners want to see American movies. But that's also why so many foreign governments and groups object to them.

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

If you look at successful studios, they're the ones with stabilized management.

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

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.

For the good producer, raising capital is about the last thing to worry about. If you're good, the money comes very easily.

Every film I do, I'm involved with from the very conception of the project.

We all know we have a prescribed amount of time on Earth. We just don't know how much.

Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one.

This is certainly not to excuse the violence that exists on TV and films and on the Internet. But the truth is that wherever you go in Europe, there are American films and TV shows that are just as popular as at home. And you don't have that sense of violence in any other place other than America.

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.