More - Robert Wise Quotes

We want you to take over Monday morning, ... I had 10 days to finish it and I finished it on time.

Robert Wise

 

Ordinarily, I don't like to start shooting on a Monday. I prefer to begin in the middle of the week, if I can. On the first day, everyone's a little nervous and anxious, so you have a couple of days' shooting and then the weekend to get re-grouped and catch your breath.

Robert Wise

 

I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know the truth and the reality of it. That's very important.

Robert Wise

 American Producer

Lugosi was not well. I had to coach him through some scenes, and I was very pleased when Karloff came on the scene and was very sensitive in coaching him through the sequences. Lugosi was one of the finest actors I ever worked with.

Robert Wise

 Coach

[Although Welles was later prone to insinuating that he had edited] Kane ... basically left the original assembly up to me.

Robert Wise

 

A Mac is a closed box, so Apple can make decisions about things that they don't include. That makes, it in some ways, simpler for them.

Robert Wise

 American Producer Apple

Star Trek.

Robert Wise

 

Of all the stars whom I worked with, I think Steve knew better what worked for him on the screen than any other. He had such a sense of what he could register, and that helped a lot in terms of shaping the character and the script.

Robert Wise

 American Producer

My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker.

Robert Wise

 American Producer

The Sand Pebbles has always been one of my favorite films, I suppose because its the most difficult film - from a physical and logistical standpoint - that I've ever made.

Robert Wise

 American Producer