producer, n.Definitions

A Producer is just a dog with a script in his mouth.

A Producer is a man who is there long before the shooting starts, and way after the shooting stops.

A Producer is an authoritarian figure who risks nothing, presumes to know public taste, and always wants to change the end of the film.

A Producer is the crass cigar-chewer who stands behind all the airy illusions of the movies, like the wizard behind the curtain.

A Producer is a man who stands in the back of the theatre on opening night and wishes he were dead.