Hollywood

4 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 1, 2024 by David Senra · said 74 times in 22 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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2024 52 mentions in 14 episodes 4 per episode
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May 1, 2024
Insight
Creators must fight self-censorship by building what they want to see
“The harshest form of censorship is self-censorship, and so he talks about the eighties were when every movie had to have a happy ending, everything had to be predictable, and so the only way to fight against that is to build, remember, there's no point in crit…”
David Senra May 1, 2024 ▶ 44:15 The Autobiography of Quentin Tarantino
May 2, 2024 positive
Insight
Korty: Operating with smaller independent budgets lowers filmmaking risk
“I would rather work for myself, In Hollywood, you have a producer breathing down your neck. I am happier working with less money. The risk of failure is far less. We can complete a film in maybe a year getting the results we want.”
David Senra May 2, 2024 ▶ 43:01 The Biography of George Lucas
Oct 15, 2024 negative
Opinion
MrBeast Memo: 99% of Movies and TV Shows Would Flop on YouTube
“99% of movies or TV shows would flop on YouTube. On top of that, they would be wildly unprofitable, have no flexibility in long lead times that can't adapt to trends.”
David Senra Oct 15, 2024 ▶ 9:39 Mr Beast's Leaked Memo
Mar 21, 2025 positive
Insight
Making a movie or company requires an unyielding display of belief
“Nothing in Hollywood is anything until it's something, and the only way to make it something is with a profound display of belief. If you keep insisting that a shifting set of possibilities is a movie, it eventually becomes one. I think that is just like a com…”
David Senra Mar 21, 2025 ▶ 10:07 The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Most Powerful Man in Hollywood: Michael Ovitz
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