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Michael Winner
19 quotes
“A team effort is a lot of people, doing what I say.”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quoted by Alix Palmer, The Sunday Times (London, 5 April 1970), cited in his autobiography Winner Takes All: A Life of Sorts (Robson Books, 2004), p. 313
“I think with less accomplished actors you often have to play tricks [...] You may actually want to upset them to make them look upset on the screen so they carry that forward.”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[To extras dressed as London policemen] You're just standing there! DOING NOTHING! Why should I pay you for doing nothing? I want you to run. You understand run! [...] R-U-N? RUN?”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[From the section entitled "Winner Talking" in a personal booklet] Lunacy is a very important quality for a successful director. Most top directors are quite a bit batty. That's what makes them great. They can conceive fantasies beyond the normal mind. Another quality is just keeping alive. It is quite remarkable that no director has been murdered in cold blood on the set.”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So when I'm directing now, you see, I'm thinking of myself, I'm projecting myself in five weeks' time, sitting in a little room with two assistants, saying, "I now need a piece of film when Mr. Caine does this, or Mr. Moore does that." And if I haven't got it, I say, "Damn it, I should have gotten that." So all the time I'm imagining myself in that little X-time hence which is why I can shoot a very complicated pattern without any pre-planning. Because I'm two people. I'm Arnold Crust, the editor, and I'm Michael Winner, the director.”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In 'Bull's-Eye!' the Aim Is Laughter", The New York Times (14 January 1990).
“I think the lesbians have come over with considerable dignity and you have come over as an arsehole.”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Richard Littlejohn Live and Uncut (local programme broadcast by ITV contractor London Weekend Television on 8 July 1994), as cited in "Television: Oases amid the Troubles", The Independent (9 July 1994)
“If I could go back, I would spend much more, earlier. No question. This sounds absolutely crass, but I would have taken private planes earlier, would have had a chauffeur and better cars earlier, I'd have bought better paintings earlier.”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[On his mother, Helen] Nice, little, white-haired lady. She was a killer. If she decided she wasn't happy about something, she was acid.”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview, as cited in "Too sensitive for his shirt", The Guardian (6 May 2001)
“An OBE is what you get if you clean the toilets well at King's Cross station.”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I really don't care if I get anything or not. [...] I'm very glad that they recognise my considerable skills as a toilet cleaner.”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But when you look at the rubbish who are getting these awards and the absolute non-service they have given to the nation other than financing or working for political parties, you say, "What company am I in?" At least if you go straight to the House of Lords you can wear fancy dress and have a giggle.”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On turning down an OBE for his work in campaigning for the National Police Memorial in The Sunday Times, as cited in "Winner shuns 'toilet-cleaner OBE'", BBC News (28 May 2006).
“I don't want to do something for the sake of it. I am prepared to wait. If I wait until I am buried, too bad.”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On regularly being asked to re-make Death Wish, as cited in "Winner's Death Wish 'most copied'", BBC News (5 September 2006).
“I ALWAYS LIKED MR STALIN”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[On the Swiss Dignitas assisted dying clinic] It's not a walk-in death. You don't just go in and say, "Here I am, do your worst". You have to go through a whole series of papers and re-examinations just to die. You have to fill in forms and things and go have to fly there, go back twice.”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you’re dead, you're dead, so who cares.”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Marlon] Brando was my best friend, [Robert] Mitchum, Burt Lancaster, even though he tried to kill me three times.”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview, as cited in "Michael Winner: Dignitas is not a walk in death", The Times (4 October 2012)
“So this is it: goodbye. I’ve been writing this column for nearly 20 years and I don’t want a carriage clock or a gold watch. I am trying to get rid of stuff, not collect it.”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From his last restaurant review in The Sunday Times (2 December 2012), reprinted in The Times (21 January 2013) and "Geraldine says it's time to get down from the table. Goodbye", Winner's Dinners website
“Money has no value unless it is spent. (undated)”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think if I had my life again I would not be so utterly self-satisfied. (2004)”
Michael Winner (1935–2013) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Michael Winner" (obituary), The Times (22 January 2013)