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Jerry Weintraub Biography

Jerome Charles Weintraub (September 26, 1937 – July 6, 2015) was an American film producer, talent agent and actor whose television films won him three Emmys.

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

Franchise, Money, Together

Relationships are the only thing that matter in business in life.

Business, Matter, Only Thing That Matters, Relationships, Thing, Things That Matter

Freedom is saying I want to do this Not that

Freedom, Saying, Want

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

Enjoy, Making, Mean, Movies

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

Criticize, People, Talented

Every minute doing one thing is a minute not doing something else. Every choice is another choice not made another path grown over lost.

Choices, Grown, Lost, Path, Thing

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.

Believe, Broadway, Fearless, Hate

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.

Guy, Lie, Lying, Nice, Says, Shakes

As soon as you feel comfortable, that's when it's time to start over.

Comfortable, Feels, Start, Starting Over, Time

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.

Giving, Humble, People, Pretty, Saw

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.

Attracts, Character, Interesting, Making, Thinking

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. "

Song, Real, People, Question, Presley, Relationship

I learned I'm not a good executive. I'm an entrepreneur, and I'm creative. I have to go with my gut and do what I want to do.

Creative, Entrepreneur, Executive, Good, Inspirational

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.

Book, Mother, Movies, Reading, Stories, Think

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.

Film, Friends, Kael, Loved, Pauline, See

Do not get attatched to the world as it is. Because the world is changing something new is coming.

Attatched, Changing, Coming, Something New, World

I just don't believe that you can't make anything happen. I think if something's good and you believe in it, and you care about it, and you give it love and nurture it, it's going to happen.

Believe, Giving, Happen, Make, Thinking

Liberace was Elton John and Lady Gaga before they even dreamed of it.

Dreamed, Elton, Gaga, John, Lady

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