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title: "3 Helicopters Quotes By Haskell Wexler"
description: "3 Helicopters quotes by Haskell Wexler. Plus more from Haskell Wexler and more Helicopters sayings from other authors."
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> [The helicopter was a U.S. Navy helicopter. There were no civilian helicopters available to film companies, so they just made some stuff…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/the-helicopter-was-a-u-s-navy-helicopter-there-were-no-civilian/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/haskell-wexler-18987_available_the-helicopter-was-a-u-s-navy-helicopter_359938.jpg)

> [I've been in wars and in riots and hung out of many helicopters in the early days. And there's a detachment that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/i-ve-been-in-wars-and-in-riots-and-hung-out-of-many-helicopters-in/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/haskell-wexler-18987_cameras_i-ve-been-in-wars-and-in-riots-and-hung_2468438.jpg)

> [I had a rope around my waist, and the rope was attached into the helicopter in case I fell off. And the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/i-had-a-rope-around-my-waist-and-the-rope-was-attached-into-the/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b3/haskell-wexler-18987_bills_i-had-a-rope-around-my-waist-and-the-rop_3139115.jpg)

## Other authors on Helicopters

## More by Haskell Wexler

> [From my image of digging around in the mud like a grunt, I preferred fighting the war from ships.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/from-my-image-of-digging-around-in-the-mud-like-a-grunt-i-preferred/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

> [I used it in a shot where Richard Burton goes down the hall to get a gun in a closet. And I wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/i-used-it-in-a-shot-where-richard-burton-goes-down-the-hall-to-get-a/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

> [I was shooting all this time. And there was only one guy who helped to pull him. And I had to think whether I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/i-was-shooting-all-this-time-and-there-was-only-one-guy-who-helped-to/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

> [Lighting was very primitive. And still it was really the way to learn because sometimes some of the modern technology is so extreme and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/lighting-was-very-primitive-and-still-it-was-really-the-way-to-learn/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

> [I rationalize out, well, how much help could you really be, you know? And maybe if people saw this, they'd realize the brutality of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/i-rationalize-out-well-how-much-help-could-you-really-be-you-know-and/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

> [When I search myself carefully I do think it's from my mother. I even feel strange saying that. Most people, I believe, when they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/when-i-search-myself-carefully-i-do-think-it-s-from-my-mother-i-even/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

> [The helicopter was a U.S. Navy helicopter. There were no civilian helicopters available to film companies, so they just made some stuff out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/the-helicopter-was-a-u-s-navy-helicopter-there-were-no-civilian/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

> [There was no actually stock footage in "Medium Cool." I wrote the script. I wrote the riots. And I integrated the actors in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/there-was-no-actually-stock-footage-in-medium-cool-i-wrote-the-script/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

> [Well, of course the general idea was dreamed up by the advertising agency and so my job was to realize that. And we down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/well-of-course-the-general-idea-was-dreamed-up-by-the-advertising/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

> [Now, I have to - in my defense, I have the say that general knowledge of the deadly nature of cigarettes was not primarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/now-i-have-to-in-my-defense-i-have-the-say-that-general-knowledge-of/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

> [There is a very particular feeling I get when I have the camera in my hand, looking at an actor talk, knowing that what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/there-is-a-very-particular-feeling-i-get-when-i-have-the-camera-in-my/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

> [Well, there is a contradiction in a sense. If you're making commercials which sell products which are unhealthy or which are unnecessary, I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/well-there-is-a-contradiction-in-a-sense-if-you-re-making-commercials/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

> [My mother let me know that we're all connected. If some of us become more affluent it's not because we're better or even smarter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/my-mother-let-me-know-that-we-re-all-connected-if-some-of-us-become/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

> [When I was in Vietnam with Jane Fonda, I was shooting a farmer in a field - just a pastoral scene. And while I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/when-i-was-in-vietnam-with-jane-fonda-i-was-shooting-a-farmer-in-a/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

> [I felt that that experience, because of the responsible nature that I found I acted all during that traumatic time, that I felt that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haskell-wexler/i-felt-that-that-experience-because-of-the-responsible-nature-that-i/)

[Haskell Wexler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haskell-wexler/)

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