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title: "3 Tom Fontana Quotes - Famous Film producer"
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# Tom Fontana

(1951)   Film Producer

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Tom Fontana is a film producer.

## Quick Facts About Tom Fontana

Born September 12, 1951

Profession Film Producer

## About Tom Fontana

American screenwriter... \| Tom Fontana is an American screenwriter, writer, and television producer. Fontana worked on NBC's Homicide: Life on the Street and created HBO's Oz.

##  Quotes by Tom Fontana

> [ I don't want somebody who writes like me \[in my writing staff\]. Because I can write like me. I know what I'm… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-fontana/i-don-t-want-somebody-who-writes-like-me-in-my-writing-staff-because/)

[Tom Fontana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-fontana/)

[Because i can](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/because-i-can/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7e/tom-fontana-87560_because-i-can_i-don-t-want-somebody-who-writes-like-me_421933.jpg)

> [I'm a Catholic, and I have always been fascinated by not just my religion, but religion in general, in the sense that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-fontana/i-m-a-catholic-and-i-have-always-been-fascinated-by-not-just-my/)

[Tom Fontana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-fontana/)

[Brands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brands/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cc/tom-fontana-87560_brands_i-m-a-catholic-and-i-have-always-been-fa_1227562.jpg)

> [ I believe \[in God\], and then there are times when I don't, because the nature of the universe tells me that I'm… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-fontana/i-believe-in-god-and-then-there-are-times-when-i-don-t-because-the/)

[Tom Fontana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-fontana/)

[Awe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/tom-fontana-87560_awe_i-believe-in-god-and-then-there-are-time_2461250.jpg)

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