Somebody said something funny to me the other day. They said, 'Wolper, until two weeks ago, your tombstone was going to say, 'David Wolper, the man who produced 'Roots.' I think the tombstone now has a new inscription. It's going to be 'David Wolper, the man who produced the opening ceremony of the 1984 Olympics.'

I have to do popcorn for movies. I can do more important things for television. You're going down when you're making a movie, not going up.

I'm not a kid trying to make an impression in the business. I do have 600 films out there that are playing constantly.

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