I had no intention of being a film producer, and I knew I…

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

— John F. Kennedy

Business is fun. Controlling your own destiny is fun. Creating an idea and turning it into a movie; finding an artist and guiding their…

— Queen Latifah

At the end of the day, it's a business; people want to make money. That's the intention with every film. It happens for some…

— Aditya Roy Kapur

I mean, my dad's a television producer, and I knew I could get a job as an assistant or a reader with one of…

— J. J. Abrams

So I became a producer because I knew one of the reasons was they didn't do them the way I thought was right.

— Lee Hazlewood

We started with Denny Cordell, and he was a great record producer. He knew exactly how to take a band that knew absolutely nothing,…

— Benmont Tench

It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a…

— Ron Howard

People say we're control freaks, but control is controlling your destiny without controlling other people.

— Daft Punk

And while dollars have little to do with it, the fiction writer should be asking the same question any capable film producer would ask:…

— Les Standiford

Howard Hughes innovation was in the aviation field. His designs and spirit of experimentation was at the forefront. As far as his work as…

— Alden Ehrenreich

I think my brother always wanted to be a film producer.

— Kevin Macdonald

I don't subscribe to the school of thought that as a feature film producer I shouldn't dabble in television, web content, or even comic…

— Adi Shankar

The VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the woman alone.

— Jack Valenti

I'm just a simple television and film producer who started off from her garage and whose only idea was to tell a story.

— Ekta Kapoor

“It was in Cleveland that Magic Slim became the most successful pornographic film producer in America. His training center was a key link in…

— Nick Hahn