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• I mean, I'm new but I've always been very interested in film making process and I've been lucky enough to work with film makers in my past that have been very encouraging to let me hang around. I get so emotionally vested - that the producer part of me was natural.

  Charlize Theron

  Mean, Past, Lucky

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• Ethanol reduces our dependence on foreign sources of oil and is an important weapon in the War on Terror. By investing in South Dakota's ethanol producers, we will strengthen our energy security and create new jobs.

  John Thune

  Jobs, War, Oil

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• There were all us baby boomers who had a grammar school education, started to learn, then went on the pill, the whole thing, and so there are today a lot more women writers, editors, producers, and so a lot more women's stories. God, the BBC's practically run by women.

  Julie Walters

  Running, Baby, School

  "Bafta TV special/Julie Walters: Queen of the screen". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. May 19, 2012.

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• About a year ago I got really exhausted from reading bad scripts and I know that I am a writer and that I have stories to tell, so I thought, 'Let's do this!' So I'm co-writing a screenplay now with another screenwriter and loving it. Absolutely loving it. And I would like to be the producer on the project and of course the lead is me.

  Kerry Washington

  Reading, Writing, Years

  Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. August 29, 2001.

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• I like to think of myself as a fairly educated human being, but I'm a very uneducated actor when it comes to movies, directors, producers, actors for that matter.

  Shailene Woodley

  Thinking, Directors, Actors

  "‘The Descendants’ Breakout Shailene Woodley on Her Future and Working With George Clooney" by Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. December 02, 2011.

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• I think the producers, for the most part, don't want to see prices skyrocket because that will only create problems for them down the road and would also be a, you know, would be a very serious shock for a world economy that can't afford serious shocks right now.

  Daniel Yergin

  Thinking, World, Want

  "CNN American Morning with Paula Zahn". www.cnn.com. September 3, 2002.

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• I came home in the afternoon to sleep, and there was this e-mail from Comedy Central saying they were interested in having me be part of this new show called 'Jump Cuts'! So I called them right away, and the producer started laughing and said, 'We sent that e-mail one minute ago - you're so fast!

  Lev Yilmaz

  Sleep, Home, Cutting

  "Life is funny. And mundane. Just like in a cartoon by Lev." by Jane Ganahl, www.sfgate.com. November 16, 2004.

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• I have so much to grapple with, I don't think too much about me. People call it the "dance of a thousand egos" when you make a movie. If only I had time to worry when I was making a movie about what the hell I was doing. It's sort of a marathon every day. And then at the end of it, you beg the producers for five more marathons.

  Andrew Niccol

  Thinking, People, Worry

  "Andrew Niccol on his new drone-warfare drama Good Kill". Interview with Sam Fragoso, film.avclub.com. May 20, 2015.

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• Washington state's 2nd Congressional District is a major producer of small fruit crops such as raspberries and strawberries. This research center is doing important work to help farmers enhance the quality, yield and marketability of their small fruit crops.

  Rick Larsen

  Yield, Important, Quality

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• My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.

  Sanaa Lathan

  Mom, Dad, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Right now the producers of 'Modern Family' have no idea how many people watch our show each week on all platforms, and nobody seems to want to tell us. If a disproportionate number of any show's viewers watch in alternative ways, then, under the current system, that show may not appear to be as strong as it actually is.

  Steven Levitan

  Strong, Ideas, Numbers

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm reteaming with the producers of 'Twilight' on an awesome script. It's very serious, dramatic and different for me. I'm excited to see what's next. I love all aspects of film and all genres.

  Taylor Lautner

  Twilight, Different, Next

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• When you do a movie in the studio system, there's a committee. A committee of six or seven people you answer to. There's two or three producers, a studio executive and one or two people above that studio executive.

  Thomas Lennon

  Two, People, Three

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• Producer's Surplus is a convenient name for the genus of which the rent of land is the leading species.

  Alfred Marshall

  Land, Names, Surplus

  Alfred Marshall, Peter Groenewegen (1997). “Collected works”

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• I had set a goal of being a producer by 25.

  Cameron Mackintosh

  Goal

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• I want to give producers more financial security.

  Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley

  Giving, Want, Financial

  "Minister's second chance for stardom" by Dan Milmo, www.theguardian.com. May 6, 2004.

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• I want to get into producing. I really learned a lot from 'Girls Next Door.' Kevin Burns is a great producer. He's really talented, and he taught me a lot. I'm just looking forward to spreading the wings a little bit. Five seasons on 'Girls Next Door' was great, but it gets a little repetitive.

  Holly Madison

  Girl, Doors, Wings

  "Interview: Oregon's own reality star Holly Madison talks about 'Dancing'". Interview with Jake Ten Pas, www.oregonlive.com. March 20, 2009.

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• Today a record producer is even more involved and is often the production's sole musician, one person playing all the instruments one-by-one.

  Tony Visconti

  Musician, Records, Today

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• Originally a record producer more or less hired a bunch of professionals to participate in a recording session, the performers and the technicians, and a music director was put in charge. That directly related to a film producer's job.

  Tony Visconti

  Jobs, Directors, Records

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• I feel it's my job to continue being a student of music if I want to continue being an artist and a producer of other artists. You have to keep filling your mind with other music. You have to be ahead of the curve.

  Bruno Mars

  Jobs, Artist, Curves

  "Bruno Mars: The complete Q&A interview". Interview with George Varga, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. June 9, 2011.

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• Give the individual the power to be a producer as well as a consumer.

  Pierre Omidyar

  Giving, Individual, Wells

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• I never thought being the producer was being the dictator. It means being the director and being the coach. It's a way of keeping everybody focused on the goal, and also having final say. Everybody can be in the same car, but somebody has to drive.

  Paul Stanley

  Mean, Goal, Car

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• I also have experience working with American producer Roger Corman who knows a lot of secrets in making movies look bigger than their budget.

  Timur Bekmambetov

  Secret, Looks, Roger

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• As a producer, I try to bring as many nice people as I can to insure that there's no screaming, there's no shouting, there's no bullying. The more of those kind of people that you can bring together, the better the experience everyone has on set.

  Lorenzo di Bonaventura

  Bullying, Nice, People

  Interview with Dave Trumbore, collider.com. November 7, 2012.

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• What you learn when you direct a film, even more so than as a producer, it's a marriage. It's like a relationship with that film so you've got to make sure that it's really something that you want to live with for three years or however long it is. So I haven't found the right thing to marry yet.

  Grant Heslov

  Years, Long, Three

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