Brian Grazer

8 statements across 4 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Aug 17, 2023 by Ron Howard · across every show →

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Aug 17, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Howard: Scaling Imagine required relinquishing direct control over projects
“In order to scale, we now need them to do projects that our fingerprints are On, but we're not necessarily controlling, you know, and that's not something that we're necessarily comfortable with, and over the last five years, we've had to learn.”
Ron Howard Aug 17, 2023 ▶ 30:01 Ron Howard: Evolve your vision | Masters of Scale
Aug 29, 2023
Disclosure
Grazer: Prepare for networking meetings by offering a tailored gift or insight
“So I come with some sort of gift to them. I did that with Jay-Z as well. I try to find out the thing that they care about on a human and business level that they might not be given And I could provide it.”
Brian Grazer Aug 29, 2023 ▶ 21:30 Brian Grazer: Scale your curiosity | Masters of Scale
Aug 29, 2023 neutral
Insight
Grazer: Gatekeepers in film and tech don't know what will succeed
“The dumbest idea in Hollywood known by all got made and turned out to be a critical darling, and I got nominated for an Oscar, and I thought, wow, that means nobody knows anything. Whether it's movie story, or a tech story, or a consumer story.”
Brian Grazer Aug 29, 2023 ▶ 18:22 Brian Grazer: Scale your curiosity | Masters of Scale
Aug 29, 2023 bullish
Assertion Supported
Hoffman: AI is already capable of parsing microexpressions and body language
“To be clear, I don't fully align with Brian on his assumption that AI will never be capable of parsing microexpressions and evaluating body language. To a certain extent, it already can.”
Reid Hoffman Aug 29, 2023 ▶ 26:39 Brian Grazer: Scale your curiosity | Masters of Scale
Aug 29, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Grazer: Tom Hanks was cast in 'Splash' partly due to nervous fidgeting
“Part of Tom Hanks getting the job in Splash was his nervous, crazy nervous whacking of a pencil while he was talking, and he still does that, actually.”
Brian Grazer Aug 29, 2023 ▶ 25:17 Brian Grazer: Scale your curiosity | Masters of Scale
Aug 29, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Grazer: Meeting Ol' Dirty Bastard led to producing the film '8 Mile'
“By meeting this one guy, it got me to ultimately make the movie Eight Mile with Eminem.”
Brian Grazer Aug 29, 2023 ▶ 23:19 Brian Grazer: Scale your curiosity | Masters of Scale
Jan 2, 2024 positive
Opinion
Howard: Imagine Entertainment relied solely on personal taste and self-belief
“There was no sort of secret formula to Imagine other than our personal taste and this sort of belief that we could, between us, tell stories that would reach an audience.”
Ron Howard Jan 2, 2024 ▶ 27:45 Highlights to inspire your 2024 (with Ron Howard, Daymond John, Reshma Saujani) | Masters of Scale
Jan 30, 2024 neutral
Insight
Grazer: Industry Rejection Proves That 'Nobody Knows Anything'
“The dumbest idea in Hollywood, known by all, got made and turned out to be a critical darling, and I got nominated for an Oscar, and I thought, wow, that means nobody knows anything. Whether it's movie story or a tech story or a consumer story.”
Brian Grazer Jan 30, 2024 ▶ 12:00 Learn from every “no” | Masters of Scale
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