Latest Jerry Weintraub Quotes from Interviews

• Talented people have to do what they do. Someone can criticize but you do what you do.

  Jerry Weintraub

  People, Criticize

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• I am persistent about everything I believe in. If there's a film I want to do, a record, a Broadway show - I do it. Everybody can hate it but I will still do it. I am fearless that way.

  Jerry Weintraub

  Hate, Believe, Fearless

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• I can do anything - but that doesn't mean I should do that. I need to enjoy what I do. I enjoy making movies.

  Jerry Weintraub

  Mean, Enjoy

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• Money! They go together. Franchise; money. Money; franchise.

  Jerry Weintraub

  Together

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• The best thing that happened from that situation when I failed was the fact that I failed and I failed because I was trying to do things that I don't like to do. I like to make movies and I like the creative process. I don't really care about the business end of it. It's not my thing. So I was all of sudden totally immersed in the business end of it and dealing with human resources, lawyers, and accountants, and so on. It wasn't for me.

  Jerry Weintraub

  Creative, Trying, Care

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• That story about the two women in my life is - a lot of people get upset, a lot of people question it. Steven Soderbergh said to me, "The story of your life is incredible. The real story of your life that's interesting, more interesting than all the other stuff - the franchises, the movies, the songs, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra - the real thing that's interesting and unbelievable is the relationship with these two women. And if you're willing to put that out there, you know then, you're going to have a great movie. Because that's the movie."

  Jerry Weintraub

  Song, Real, People

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• I'm a good party guest...the problem is, I feel like I'm working all the time. "Give us an Elvis Presley story! Give us a Frank Sinatra story!"

  Jerry Weintraub

  Party, Giving, Problem

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• I know everybody. I make friends easily. I'm a gregarious guy, I'm open, I'm easy to get to know - I don't lock myself in an ivory tower. So I like people; I enjoy people.

  Jerry Weintraub

  People, Guy, Easy

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• George Clooney says that I'm "the last of your kind." That's a nice quote. I kind of like that quote. I'm a guy who shakes your hand and will never let you down. I have a code of honor and I don't lie. I have a code of honor about life and that's what he meant. And you don't need a contract with me.

  Jerry Weintraub

  Nice, Lying, Guy

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• I am humble. It was an honor, and I cried the first time I saw the film His Way. Because to have people of that caliber, like Julia Roberts, take the time to sit down and give a day or two of their lives to a film about me, that they're not getting paid for, is pretty extraordinary.

  Jerry Weintraub

  Humble, People, Giving

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• In New York City there are interesting characters and there are interesting stories. There's a story on every street corner. I love it. I think that's what really attracts me to making films.

  Jerry Weintraub

  Character, Thinking, Interesting

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• Pauline Kael had seen Nashville, and she loved Nashville. When I called her, she immediately responded to me because we had become friends, and I told her how great this film was, and she told me, "Well, I'll have to see it for myself." So I showed it to her, and she flipped.

  Jerry Weintraub

  Film

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• As my life went on and I met Frank Sinatra and people like that, and I watched live performers on stage, I learned how to tell a story. Because if you listen to Sinatra, all of his songs are stories; there's a beginning, middle, and end. So that's where it comes from.

  Jerry Weintraub

  Song, People, Frank

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• I do characters. I believe in that. I think people are interesting. Now, everybody that you meet in New York City thinks that their life is a movie.

  Jerry Weintraub

  Believe, Character, Thinking

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• My mother lived her life through movies and books - she read everything there was to read. And she read to me every night. I never went to sleep without her reading to me. And she fantasized about the book and she would talk about it, the place, and you would think that after she read the book and after she told you stories about it, that she had actually been there. I learned about story from her, and I learned the value of a great story, and the value of great characters.

  Jerry Weintraub

  Mother, Book, Reading

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