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STARR Restaurants: Stephen Starr. How a Non-Foodie Built Thriving Restaurants on Gut Instinct Jun 22, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 53:28 Stephen Starr It was like the West Coast when the New Yorkers all moved in and took over Hollywood, and there was nothing here.

UGG: Brian Smith. How an epiphany, surfers, and $500 launched an iconic sheepskin footwear company. Jun 1, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:09:01 Brian Smith Um, I, I found a mailing list of stylists in Hollywood and sent a letter to them, and about 400 people responded, and so I sent them all a pair of Ugg boots, you know, no questions asked, and, uh, it was a couple of months before I started…

NVIDIA: Jensen Huang. From near collapse to becoming the world’s biggest company May 18, 2026 · 1 mention

Dollar Shave Club: Michael Dubin, From Zero to a Billion Dollar Exit in Five Years (December 2018) Jan 5, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 48:47 Guy Raz Today's story begins in Hollywood, where husband and wife Floyd and Julia Albee first met.

93 Rejections, One Revolution: How Indiegogo Changed Crowdfunding Forever Dec 15, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 10:19 Danae Ringelman I mean, I'd always gone to movies as a kid, but I never actually thought about the business behind it, and somehow discovered or got invited to this event called Where Hollywood Meets Wall Street. 2 times in the scene

Meridith Baer Home: Meridith Baer. She Started Over at 50 and Put Home Staging on the Map. Dec 1, 2025 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 2:31 Guy Raz She was 50 years old, frustrated with her career as a screenwriter in Hollywood and pouring her energy into a house she was renting.
  • ▶ 18:29 Meredith Baer It was a lot of money, and initially, Adrian Lyne was going to direct it, and we had people like Richard Gere who wanted to play the inmate, and Diane Lane was going to play the, the girl, and then, you know, what happens in Hollywood is… 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 22:47 Meredith Baer You know, Hollywood changes so rapidly, the people, the positions, and, uh,
  • ▶ 29:14 Guy Raz I mean, because in Hollywood, and it's in any industry, and I come from the world of journalism, right, where I remember when I left journalism, you know, people were like, what?

Craigslist: Craig Newmark — The Forrest Gump of the Internet Sep 29, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 39:01 Craig Newmark I, uh, suddenly when I watch TV about Hollywood, I keep hearing about producers giving directors what they call notes, which are usually a bad idea.

Calm: Alex Tew and Michael Acton Smith May 26, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:04:29 Michael Acton Smith No, we'd actually been trying to get celebrities to narrate sleep stories for quite a while before that, and we were knocking on the door of Hollywood and trying to reach out to every connection we could, but no one wanted to do it.

Hexclad: Danny Winer Apr 28, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:14:26 Guy Raz By the way, during his time trying to break into Hollywood, Danny landed a few background parts in commercials, but his potential big break?

Lenny & Larry’s Protein Snacks: Barry Turner Feb 24, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:15 Guy Raz This was in 1993 when Barry Turner and his friend Benny Graham were out of work and struggling to make it in Hollywood.

Beyond Yoga: Michelle Wahler Feb 10, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 41:04 Guy Raz Furniture's made there, and it's not just like a city of Hollywood.

Advice Line with Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield Nov 14, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 18:26 Gary Hirshberg The reason I slipped into my chatter a few minutes ago, this Environmental Media Association, this is all the, the environmental stars in Hollywood, stars who lend their time and efforts to really green stuff.

Dave’s Hot Chicken: Arman Oganesyan Jun 10, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 25:59 Arman Oganesyan Um, ok so, Tommy's parents had a little flower shop in Hollywood, in like, this little plaza.
  • ▶ 46:49 Guy Raz So, alright, so you guys have this first store in Hollywood in 2018.

Therabody: Jason Wersland May 20, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 24:52 Jason Wersland At the time, I lived in Venice, my school was in Hollywood, and the practice was in Beverly Hills, so if anyone knows LA.

Dhar Mann Studios: Dhar Mann Apr 29, 2024 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 3:48 Guy Raz And all of this was started by a guy with no connections in Hollywood, no significant money, and no experience making films.
  • ▶ 37:12 Dhar Mann I thought about my adventures in Hollywood.
  • ▶ 44:45 Dhar Mann So I moved from that small apartment in Hollywood to downtown LA.
  • ▶ 1:18:54 Guy Raz I mean, it sounds like you guys are becoming much more of a traditional Hollywood style studio where you're like doing all kinds of stories, maybe even feature length films. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:20:13 Guy Raz You've had some actors in the past, you know about this, who've complained, have criticized, saying they're underpaid, you know, and Hollywood is a union town, but you're not, for a variety of reasons, you're not working with union actors. 2 times in the scene

YouTube Creator and Cookbook Author: Rosanna Pansino Apr 22, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 4:14 Guy Raz In fact, at the time, she'd moved to Los Angeles to try and break into Hollywood.
  • ▶ 19:17 Guy Raz Uh, but I guess at a certain point, I mean, you had an agent in Hollywood, and it's, at some point, the agent

Mythical: Rhett and Link Apr 8, 2024 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 29:15 Link Neal We had been painted this vivid picture of what our future in Hollywood was going to be like by the other producer of Online Nation.
  • ▶ 32:44 Rhett McLaughlin So right around that same time, like 2007, like in that era where we're trying to make something happen in Hollywood. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 37:28 Guy Raz So it's around 2007, and after trying to make a go of it in Hollywood, Rhett and Link are back to working for themselves, marketing funny songs and videos, and soon hosting another talk show.
  • ▶ 49:44 Rhett McLaughlin oh man, I think people might say no, but we started saying that and started getting yeses, so thanks to Corey for, for encouraging that, but we would always find a way to work the weirdest sponsors into our videos and still make this…
  • ▶ 50:56 Guy Raz Ok, so IFC contacts you, so now you're back in the Hollywood network TV world, right?
  • ▶ 55:00 Guy Raz So, all right, so IFC does not renew the show, and there you guys are living in Southern California trying to break into Hollywood, right?

Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey: Fawn Weaver (2021) Mar 4, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 10:39 Fawn Weaver It's, uh, a homeless shelter for adults in Hollywood, and it was probably one of the most important moments of my life because I'd always been independent, uh,

Magic Spoon & Exo: Gabi Lewis and Greg Sewitz Feb 12, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 17:03 Gabi Lewis 50 years ago, eating raw fish was a little bit strange to most Americans, and the way it became popularized was that a chef in LA created the California roll, and sort of hid that raw fish inside the rice and seaweed, reimagined it for a…

Sharing the 2023 HIBT Lab Highlight Reel Jan 4, 2024 · 1 mention

Aviator Nation: Paige Mycoskie Jan 1, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 0:01 Guy Raz You know, we talk a lot on this show about hustle, and recently I spoke to actor Andy Garcia, who shared some amazing stories about starting out in Hollywood, where he worked on a loading dock with another newcomer, Bryan Cranston.

reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn (2020) Dec 18, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 45:50 Guy Raz Ashton Kutcher, he was like way ahead of the rest of Hollywood.

Wondery: Hernan Lopez Dec 11, 2023 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 43:06 Hernán López And, and people who were in our world sometimes were, ah, really working for Hollywood projects that, that essentially allowed them to pay the bills, and they were doing audio as a passion project on the side. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 58:40 Hernán López It was turning to a very successful television show for Bravo, and it's, um, it really put us in a position where, because we were in Hollywood, we could give creators the potential of having their show 2 times in the scene

Sir Kensington's: Scott Norton and Mark Ramadan Oct 23, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 5:21 Guy Raz Mark was bookish and interested in earth science, and Scott, well, he was all about getting to Hollywood.

The Tetris Company: Henk Rogers Jul 31, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:54 Guy Raz This story is so full of intrigue, rivalries, and backstabbing that Hollywood made a fictionalized film based on Hank's life.

Chef and Restaurateur: Thomas Keller May 29, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 0:51 Guy Raz You know, we talk a lot on this show about hustle, and recently I spoke to actor Andy Garcia, who shared some amazing stories about starting out in Hollywood, where he worked on a loading dock with another newcomer, Bryan Cranston.

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema: Tim and Karrie League May 22, 2023 · 1 mention

Suitsupply: Fokke de Jong May 1, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:04 Guy Raz And for a man widely known as the nicest person in Hollywood, Tom Hanks also struggles with what it means to be authentic.

HIBT Lab! Nas Company: Nuseir Yassin Apr 6, 2023 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 25:15 Nuseir Yassin So, so, so we're, I, if I was born and raised in Los Angeles, I could very easily have built this about me and made an Assyria scene brand do a Hollywood route.
  • ▶ 37:57 Nuseir Yassin In the future, there is a room for a 195 more Hollywoods to be created.

Politico & Axios: Jim VandeHei Feb 27, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:22 Guy Raz Lawyers, lobbyists, tech executives, Hollywood insiders.

The Ringer: Bill Simmons Feb 13, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:05:04 Bill Simmons And really from November on, we rented this house in this kind of crappy part of, uh, Hollywood.

Health-Ade Kombucha: Daina Trout (2020) Jan 9, 2023 · 1 mention

Beautyblender: Rea Ann Silva Dec 19, 2022 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 0:55 Guy Raz I'm Guy Raz, and on the show today, how a Hollywood makeup artist figured out a better way to apply makeup with a teardrop-shaped sponge and grew that idea into Beauty Blender, a multi-million dollar cosmetics brand.
  • ▶ 2:11 Guy Raz In the early 2000, Rian was working in Hollywood as head of makeup on the sitcom Girlfriends, and she was trying to come up with a way to apply makeup so that it wouldn't show up in high definition.

HIBT Lab! mitú and SUMA Wealth: Beatriz Acevedo Dec 15, 2022 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 9:28 Beatriz Acevedo So at that time, it was a combination of that, the opportunity that all these multi-channel networks were exploding, and also that I could see every day in my work as a producer how things were never going to change in Hollywood, even if… 3 times in the scene

HOORAE: Issa Rae Sep 26, 2022 · 9 mentions

  • ▶ 0:45 Issa Rae I think that's also the embarrassing part of working in Hollywood, is you get these announcements of things that are happening, and the support, and then they just disappear, and while there's not an announcement that it's not going, you…
  • ▶ 1:50 Guy Raz I'm Guy Raz, and on the show today, how Issa Rae refused to wait for permission to make TV and made her own, and how she turned her YouTube content into a brand, two hit TV shows, and eventually, a Hollywood production company. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 11:32 Issa Rae LA is where Hollywood is, and where TV is.
  • ▶ 51:06 Guy Raz How Issa eventually creates a hit series for HBO, but first discovers just how much it can suck to try to launch a show in Hollywood. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:17:05 Issa Rae I know, but I'm a woman in Hollywood.

The Tonight Show & Electric Hot Dog: Jimmy Fallon Jun 27, 2022 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 12:57 Jimmy Fallon So he was leaving Albany to go to where Hollywood is, I mean, where the business was.
  • ▶ 25:30 Jimmy Fallon L.A., I went back out to L.A., and they said they're thinking about it, and then they called my manager and said, Lauren's in L.A. next week, and so he wants to meet with Jimmy and his office at Paramount Studios, and, you know, I, at that…
  • ▶ 28:57 Jimmy Fallon Uh, it was, uh, the Hollywood squares, except there was an earthquake in Hollywood, and the, it all crumbled, the squares all, it was a disaster.
  • ▶ 38:48 Jimmy Fallon Everyone kind of got cold feet, and it was like, oof, and you kind of get like a, like a stink around you in Hollywood, like, oh, he's not the guy we thought he was going to be.

HIBT Lab! Armbrust American: Lloyd Armbrust Apr 28, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 25:36 Lloyd Armbrust I was kind of shielded from it, to be honest, because we, you know, we're so great at things like Hollywood

HIBT Lab! Colin and Samir: Colin Rosenblum and Samir Chaudry Apr 14, 2022 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 2:57 Samir Chaudry So, you know, I was a film major, and I wanted to use my film degree in one way, uh, or the other, and I tried my hand at Hollywood and, and didn't really like the experience of working in Hollywood, so decided to 2 times in the scene

Florentine Films: Ken Burns Apr 11, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 15:20 Ken Burns So here was the beginning of the abandonment of the original dream of Hollywood and feature films, and realizing within the world of documentary, I am coming to a fundamental realization that what is, and what was, is as dramatic as…

Coinbase: Brian Armstrong Nov 15, 2021 · 1 mention

Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey: Fawn Weaver Oct 4, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 10:26 Fawn Weaver It's, uh, a homeless shelter for adults in Hollywood, and it was probably one of the most important moments of my life because, uh,

Lynda.com: Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin Sep 6, 2021 · 1 mention

Logic: Logic & Chris Zarou (2018) Aug 16, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 24:40 Guy Raz It sounds, it makes it sound like a huge company, like you've got a big building in Hollywood.

Live From HIBT Summit: Payal Kadakia, Tristan Walker, and Perry Chen on Innovation Jul 22, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 37:35 Guy Raz Um, friends of mine who work in Hollywood say there's going to be an explosion in scripts and new television series because people have been sort of stuck at home working on that.

ARRAY: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay Jun 21, 2021 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 2:01 Guy Raz She's not only one of the most entrepreneurial creators in Hollywood, but increasingly,
  • ▶ 24:18 Ava DuVernay Run campaigns for every major studio in Hollywood.
  • ▶ 31:47 Guy Raz So by 2005, Ava DuVernay is running her own successful business as a publicist in Hollywood.
  • ▶ 1:03:22 Guy Raz I read an interview you gave, um, and you talked about after you won Best Director of Sundance, this was your quote, you said, there was no golden ticket that unlocked the riches of Hollywood for me.

How I Built Resilience: M. Night Shyamalan Feb 4, 2021 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 18:58 Guy Raz There's, I mean, of course, there are people who probably do those different things and operational things, but at normal times, you must be pulled and tugged in different directions from the business people outside of the company in the…
  • ▶ 26:45 Guy Raz The pandemic has completely upended Hollywood over the past year, but despite all the uncertainty, Knight has taken this year in stride, working on a new film called Old and a new season of his Apple Plus TV show Servant, both filmed…

ActOne Group: Janice Bryant Howroyd (2018) Dec 28, 2020 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 3:42 Guy Raz It was the late 19 seventies, and her brother-in-law, Tom Noonan, needed an assistant for his growing role at Billboard magazine in Hollywood. 3 times in the scene

McBride Sisters Wine (Part 2 of 2): Robin McBride and Andréa McBride John Oct 26, 2020 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 1:04:52 Robin McBride You know, he came from a very, very small, and I say small, like, 500 people or something, country town in Alabama, um, you know, moved himself to Hollywood, um, and became a part of that scene and an actor and, you know, and everything… 2 times in the scene

Health-Ade Kombucha: Daina Trout Sep 28, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 15:29 Daina Trout We even went and sold a party to a record studio in Hollywood, and it was, uh, I, it was Halloween, and I don't remember, um, which is really sad.

Vita Coco: Michael Kirban Aug 3, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 51:50 Michael Kirban So, um, around the same time that Coke invested in Zico, a friend of a friend introduced me to Guy Osiri, who is Madonna's manager, uh, today's U-II's manager, um, he's quite connected in, in Hollywood, and I had coffee with Guy.

How I Built Resilience: Sarah Harden and Lauren Neustadter of Hello Sunshine Aug 1, 2020 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 0:30 Guy Raz It was founded four years ago by actor Reese Witherspoon, and it's already a big name in Hollywood.
  • ▶ 1:39 Guy Raz Everything's on pause in, in Hollywood right now.
  • ▶ 6:50 Guy Raz I mean, it's like, it's like time is frozen in Hollywood right now, in a sense, right?
  • ▶ 8:44 Guy Raz How would you assess where Hollywood is right now with respect to that? 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 10:50 Lauren Neustadter And then the Hollywood term is packaging, right?

How I Built Resilience: Jeremy Zimmer of United Talent Agency Jul 25, 2020 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 0:18 Guy Raz It's one of the biggest agencies in Hollywood, representing thousands of producers, actors, musicians, and so many others.
  • ▶ 2:52 Guy Raz Like what's going on in Hollywood?
  • ▶ 10:36 Guy Raz When we come back in just a moment, Jeremy takes questions from our audience about how to make live music work better during a lockdown, and the need for more diversity in Hollywood.
  • ▶ 11:01 Guy Raz UTA represents some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, and a lot of people watching my conversation with Jeremy wanted to know about the inner workings of the company. 2 times in the scene

Ring: Jamie Siminoff Jun 22, 2020 · 1 mention

How I Built Resilience: Live with Kevin Hart Jun 11, 2020 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 5:03 Guy Raz A lot of people, um, who only know you as an actor and comedian don't know that you've got a production company, I mean, you're an entrepreneur, you had a really kind of, um, I mean, you really kind of, it took you like 10 years to break…
  • ▶ 10:29 Guy Raz He also runs a production company called Heartbeat Productions, making him one of the busiest people in Hollywood.

reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn May 25, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 41:58 Guy Raz Ashton Kutcher, he was like way ahead of the rest of Hollywood.

Eventbrite: Julia Hartz Feb 17, 2020 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 9:49 Guy Raz I mean, it sounds like the trajectory of your career was you were gonna end up working in Hollywood, working on TV development projects, and eventually become an executive maybe. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 14:18 Julia Hartz We had a moment where we imagined I would still work in Hollywood, he would still be working on Zoom, but doing it somewhat remotely.

Gimlet Media: Alex Blumberg and Matt Lieber Oct 21, 2019 · 1 mention

Logic: Logic & Chris Zarou Mar 11, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 23:37 Guy Raz It sounds, it makes it sound like a huge company, like you've got a big building in Hollywood.

The Chipmunks: Ross Bagdasarian Jr. & Janice Karman (2017) Dec 24, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 3:53 Guy Raz And that's in part because unlike most other creative people in Hollywood, Ross and Janice own the Chipmunks.

ActOne Group: Janice Bryant Howroyd Dec 3, 2018 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 2:22 Guy Raz It was the late 19 seventies, and her brother-in-law, Tom Noonan, needed an assistant for his growing role at Billboard magazine in Hollywood. 3 times in the scene

Power Rangers: Haim Saban (2017) Sep 24, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:58 Guy Raz The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, which has just been revived as a blockbuster Hollywood feature.

Lady Gaga & Atom Factory: Troy Carter (2018) May 28, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 38:36 Troy Carter And the music industry and, and just Hollywood in general were in litigation with most of the, you know, the technology companies, so it was this sort of, this wall between technology and content, and we embraced it, and so I started…

The Chipmunks: Ross Bagdasarian Jr. & Janice Karman Sep 18, 2017 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:41 Guy Raz And that's in part because unlike most other creative people in Hollywood, Ross and Janice own the Chipmunks.
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