3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein We’ve been able to access deals that under our former relationship with Disney – with tax advantages and strategic partners – that we just weren’t able to do.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein 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.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein I’ve had such a great track record in making a huge profit when the movies are smaller.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein I learned what I really love is making films, not the film business. I want to be on the set, meeting with writers, I want that freedom. I love it now.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein 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.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein 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.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein There are two things that come very easily to me: rooting for New York sports teams and making mistakes.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein 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.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein It’s the golden age of French cinema again but it’s because Sarkozy had the guts to push through copyright law.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein I just finished my homework fast, I was bored to death. There wasn’t 500 channels so there was a thing for a librarian to teach a kid like me about reading. I started reading early and I read all the time, because I love it.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein George Clooney’s ‘Ides of March’ could be the most under-appreciated movie of the year. In 20 years they’re gonna go back and say, ‘Oh, that was American politics in that time period.’ I follow politics, I love it, and that movie is so authentic.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein 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.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein We didn’t care if we were well-liked as long as the movies were good. We served the movie – that was our master at Miramax. In our second incarnation, the movie is still the master but we’re getting the same results in more subtle ways.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein You know, my movies are important on an economic basis, on an artistic basis.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein I hope to continue my friendship with France and its filmmakers for many years to come.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein I must admit, even though I’m the product of two Jewish parents, I think the Irish temper got in there somewhere, so I’m going to check Mom’s genealogy.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein Every time I do a movie like ‘Finding Neverland’ or ‘Chocolat’ or ‘Shakespeare’ in Love,’ we deal with the creative process, but there’s humor and fun along the way. I always love that kind of movie.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein All my life, I have loved and been inspired by French cinema, and as a studio head it has been my pride and joy to have the ability to bring movies to audiences around the world.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein As a young man, I went to Paris and soaked up many hours of film knowledge from Robert Hakim in my efforts to become a producer.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein 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.
3 December 2020 Harvey Weinstein The great thing that guys like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and the Google guys have in common is they treat their technology like it’s art, and I suppose in the hands of virtuosos like them, it is.
