Biografie

Was the inspiration for the Stanley Motss character played by Dustin Hoffman in Wag the Dog - Wenn der Schwanz mit dem Hund wedelt (1997). Hoffman emulated Evans' work habits, mannerisms, quirks, his clothing style, hairstyle, and wore large square-framed eyeglasses. After seeing the film, Evans reportedly said, "I'm magnificent in this film!".

His older brother, Charles Evans, started a women's clothing line, Evan-Picone, which was the source of much of Robert's money.

One child, with Ali MacGraw, actor/director Josh Evans.

Was the basis for the Robert Vaughn character in Blake Edwards's S.O.B. - Hollywoods letzter Heuler (1981).

Was implicated but never charged in the murder of theatrical impresario Roy Radin, in the so-called "Cotton Club Murder." Evans, who was producing Cotton Club (1984), had been in contact with Radin as a potential investor in the film.

When a director hires a producer, you're in deep shit. A director needs a boss, not a yes man.

[speaking to women] If you're ever approached with the line, "You ought to be in pictures, I'm a producer", tell the guy to fuck off. He's a fraud, and the pictures he wants to put you in don't play in theaters.

[about his proposal to Catherine Oxenberg while recovering from a stroke, which resulted in a 12-day marriage] I was very, very seductive but in fact I was crazy. My brain was swollen still.

I didn't hang around with famous people . . . they hung around with me.

The producer is the most important element of a film. It's the producer who hires the director . . . The producer buys the property, he hires the writer, the director; he's involved in hiring all the actors, involved with production, costs, post-production and involved with marketing. He's on a film for four or five years and gets very little credit for it.