Harvey Weinstein Quotes

I saw 'Tintin' in Europe - it is 'Indiana Jones' on steroids. Unbelievable. What a fantastic movie. Steven Spielberg, you rock the house. And working with those young English guys like Edgar Wright, and also Peter Jackson; what a great combination.
Harvey Weinstein

Great, Rock, Working

I speak to kids 16, 17 years old, they haven't read a newspaper. They haven't physically handled a newspaper. They don't even look at the headlines on a subway. These kids are on the Internet and the level of news that they're getting is not the quality of 'The New York Times' or 'The Wall Street Journal.' It's way deficient, and they don't care.
Harvey Weinstein

Care, Old, Speak

I think audiences can deal with these mature themes.
Harvey Weinstein

Deal, Mature, Themes

I think for us - the Weinstein name, the Miramax name - they've both become synonymous with brands. We have a real winning formula when it comes to championing a different kind of movie, and I think the audience trusts us.
Harvey Weinstein

Winning, Real, Different

I think I took my eye off the ball. From about 2005, 2006, 2007, I was out of it. I thought I could oversee movies and have it done for me, so to speak.
Harvey Weinstein

Movies, Done, Thought

I think sometimes we in the industry have to do ambitious projects.
Harvey Weinstein

Sometimes, Industry, Ambitious

I think we do have our true, original stories that work. I can tell you that 'The King's Speech,' which we did, became a worldwide smash because people loved the personal story.
Harvey Weinstein

Work, True, Tell

I want to deal with somebody who comes from another country to the United States and has a family that comes. I don't care if it's a black family from Jamaica or a Hispanic family from Mexico. These issues need to be dealt with, but they need to be dealt with in the entertaining way.
Harvey Weinstein

Family, Care, Black

I was a camp counselor for kids whose moms were on welfare, unfortunately, and right across the camp was the best, most pristine and preppy camp in the universe.
Harvey Weinstein

Best, Universe, Kids

I'd never made a teen comedy in my life.
Harvey Weinstein

Life, Teen, Made

I'm a benevolent dictator.
Harvey Weinstein

Dictator, Benevolent

I'm probably the only person who goes to work and says 'Wow, it's really nice here and sweet,' even in the competitive movie business.
Harvey Weinstein

Work, Business, Nice

I'm sure the next time Piers Morgan asks me to host his show again I will ask President Obama to be my guest.
Harvey Weinstein

Time, Again, Show

I'm the father of four daughters.
Harvey Weinstein

Father, Four, Daughters

I've been involved with violent movies, and then I've also said at a certain point, 'I can't take it anymore. Please cut it.' You know, you've got to respect the filmmaker, and it's a really tough issue.
Harvey Weinstein

Respect, Movies, Tough

I've had such a great track record in making a huge profit when the movies are smaller.
Harvey Weinstein

Great, Movies, Making

I... grew up in politics and I used to work for the Democratic Party.
Harvey Weinstein

Work, Politics, Used

If an Internet company steals content, they shut it down. And let me tell you, Apple France, Yahoo France or Google France, none of them have gone out of business.
Harvey Weinstein

Business, Down, Tell

It's always tough for me to make a movie, and then sit on an airplane and watch somebody watch it on their phone.
Harvey Weinstein

Tough, Movie, Somebody

It's hard to market a movie when you're at the mercy of critics and journalists.
Harvey Weinstein

Hard, Movie, Market

It's hard to think of yourself as a brand, especially when I have four daughters who kick my butt early in the morning every day before I go to work.
Harvey Weinstein

Work, Morning, Yourself

It's the golden age of French cinema again but it's because Sarkozy had the guts to push through copyright law.
Harvey Weinstein

Age, Through, Law

Last year, when 'Black Swan,' 'True Grit' and 'King's Speech' all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the confidence to make daring movies and not do the same old you-know-what.
Harvey Weinstein

Movies, True, Confidence

Like Rodgers and Hammerstein, I'm not afraid to deal with themes about the ups and downs of life, yet which are still entertaining, and you still feel these stories.
Harvey Weinstein

Life, Afraid, Deal

Margaret Thatcher made tough decisions. She put people out of work and she stood up to labor unions and she did a lot of things that I did not like.
Harvey Weinstein

Work, Made, Tough

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Nationality: American

Born: March 19, 1952

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