114 Quotes by Harvey Weinstein

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

You know, for years I used to read about myself. They’d say, ‘He has a temper’ or ‘He’s a bully’ or something like that, and it always bothered me.

People know that I have a great love for cinema. Not just for commercial cinema, but for the ‘cinema d’auteur.’ But to me, two of the great ‘auteurs’ are actually actors and they both happen to be French. One is Alain Delon and the other is Jean-Paul Belmondo.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

I don’t have to agree with everything a candidate does to support him.