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# Dick Wolf

(1946)   Television Producer   United States

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Dick Wolf is a television producer from the United States, best known for *The intercept*.

## Quick Facts About Dick Wolf

Born December 20, 1946

Nationality United States

Profession Television Producer

Notable works The intercept

## About Dick Wolf

Richard Anthony Wolf is an American television producer best known for his Law & Order franchise. Since 1990, the franchise has included six police/courtroom dramas and four international spin-offs. He is also the co-creator and executive producer of the Chicago franchise and the co-creator and executive producer of the FBI franchise.

## Awards & Honors

Edgar Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie star on Hollywood Walk of Fame International Emmy Founders Award

##  Quotes by Dick Wolf

> [As soon as you become complacent your show gets canceled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/as-soon-as-you-become-complacent-your-show-gets-canceled/)

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[Become](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/become/)

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> [It's show business. No show, no business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/it-s-show-business-no-show-no-business/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [If the scripts are not good, I'll tell somebody, 'This isn't good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/if-the-scripts-are-not-good-i-ll-tell-somebody-this-isn-t-good/)

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[Scripts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/scripts/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/dick-wolf-17740_scripts_if-the-scripts-are-not-good-i-ll-tell-so_2453893.jpg)

> [I hardly see myself as a futurist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/i-hardly-see-myself-as-a-futurist/)

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[Futurist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/futurist/)

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> [I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/i-was-raised-not-to-be-rude-but-i-also-try-to-get-the-best-work-out/)

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[Best work](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best-work/)

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> [I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/i-think-most-people-don-t-react-well-to-being-screamed-at-it-s/)

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[Counterproductive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/counterproductive/)

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> [Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/drama-or-comedy-programming-is-still-the-surest-way-for-advertisers/)

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[Advertisers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advertisers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/dick-wolf-17740_advertisers_drama-or-comedy-programming-is-still-the_2448376.jpg)

> [I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the history of show business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/i-consider-myself-one-of-the-luckiest-people-in-the-history-of-show/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/dick-wolf-17740_business_i-consider-myself-one-of-the-luckiest-pe_1061832.jpg)

> [The ad revenues still go up because nothing dependably delivers the eyeballs that successful series do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/the-ad-revenues-still-go-up-because-nothing-dependably-delivers-the/)

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[Ad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ad/)

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> [ \[My\] dream writers room: "'Naked City.' Because it still holds up as the absolutely quintessential New York pure cop procedural." ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/my-dream-writers-room-naked-city-because-it-still-holds-up-as-the/)

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[Cities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cities/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3d/dick-wolf-17740_cities_my-dream-writers-room-naked-city-because_1736468.jpg)

> [I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/i-try-to-just-communicate-what-i-want-done-as-clearly-and-simply-as/)

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[Communicate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communicate/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/dick-wolf-17740_communicate_i-try-to-just-communicate-what-i-want-do_2259603.jpg)

> [The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/the-heart-and-soul-of-network-programming-is-series-programming-the/)

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[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

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> [There are professional negotiators working for the writers and the actors, but basically you've got the writers and actors negotiating against businessmen.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/there-are-professional-negotiators-working-for-the-writers-and-the/)

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[Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/)

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> [Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it's also disingenuous to say, 'We are not going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/their-argument-is-that-most-shows-are-losers-which-is-true-but-it-s/)

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> [The threat to free television. The reason television is free is because it is a life support system for commercials. That fundamental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/the-threat-to-free-television-the-reason-television-is-free-is/)

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> [People do have viewing patterns, and you disrupt those at your own peril. That's something that everybody learned after 1988. The numbers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/people-do-have-viewing-patterns-and-you-disrupt-those-at-your-own/)

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> [When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/when-it-went-on-the-air-the-sales-department-hated-it-it-was-the/)

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> [There was an interesting article in Los Angeles Magazine about women directors. A woman director makes one bad independent film and her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/there-was-an-interesting-article-in-los-angeles-magazine-about-women/)

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[Articles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/articles/)

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> [The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/the-most-positive-step-is-to-try-to-expand-the-employment-base-by/)

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[Deficit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deficit/)

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> [Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/advertising-is-the-art-of-the-tiny-you-have-to-tell-a-complete-a/)

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> [I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/i-do-love-television-but-the-business-is-accelerating-and-people-are/)

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> [And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/and-the-consumer-doesn-t-care-they-don-t-watch-networks-they-watch-tv/)

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> [There are other options out there, after all, like read a book, go on the Internet, rent a movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/there-are-other-options-out-there-after-all-like-read-a-book-go-on/)

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> [Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/everybody-knows-things-are-not-the-same-the-people-running-the-tv-end/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [If you're going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/if-you-re-going-to-vote-on-a-television-contract-there-is-a-certain/)

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[Certain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/certain/)

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> [I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/i-get-bored-with-establishing-shots-of-people-getting-out-of-cars-and/)

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[Bored](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bored/)

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> [I've known John Landgraf for 20 years. He said it perfectly. People will ask if I've seen X. My response has often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/i-ve-known-john-landgraf-for-20-years-he-said-it-perfectly-people/)

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[Asks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asks/)

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> [It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/it-was-like-in-samoa-when-they-d-put-up-a-movie-screen-on-the-beach/)

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[Beach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beach/)

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> [TIVO executives stand up and say, 'Well, we're not getting rid of commercials, but we are letting them fast forward, because people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/tivo-executives-stand-up-and-say-well-we-re-not-getting-rid-of/)

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> [You have this disturbing reality that there are a lot of people who would rather say, 'I'm on strike' than 'I'm unemployed.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/you-have-this-disturbing-reality-that-there-are-a-lot-of-people-who/)

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[Disturbing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disturbing/)

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> [I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/i-would-say-that-if-you-really-wished-to-be-a-working-member-of-the/)

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> [People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/people-recognize-certain-things-like-d-means-this-dialogue-stinks-we/)

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[Accurate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accurate/)

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> [I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/i-don-t-think-you-can-really-make-television-based-on-what-you-think/)

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[Audience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience/)

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> [The environment doesn't change that radically. You are still going to go home at night and NBC is going to be there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/the-environment-doesn-t-change-that-radically-you-are-still-going-to/)

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[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

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> [The agendas on the management side of the table now are not in sync like they used to be because you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/the-agendas-on-the-management-side-of-the-table-now-are-not-in-sync/)

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[Agendas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agendas/)

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> [The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/the-story-drove-the-book-that-had-a-very-seminal-effect-on-the-way-i/)

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[Backbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/backbone/)

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## Dick Wolf by topic

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