Brian Grazer – Hollywood producer interviewed by Oprah
Oscar winning author
in science, business, and art. A curious
mind- book – secret to a happier life. How
can we tap into our curiosity?
Eavesdropping – he heard when he graduated college, what
will I do and he was last; he majored in Psychology and was positive he would
not get into law school. He was confused
but he heard two graduates talking out of his window and heard the easiest job was
at Warner brothers and he called and got the jobs which were to deliver the Warner
papers. He had to hand the paper to the
person directly and the assistants just believed it.
He started meeting people who were in the show business and
he met Wassermann and he was given the look don’t waste my time kid Wassermann,
who created pictures in mca.
You have to own your own idea. You have to have connections. The only chance he had was to create anything
from an idea. He was given a pencil and
paper and told that was all he needed to do.
He enjoys drawing.
How can curiosity make us more adventurous? It has done so for his life as he grew up in
a little neighborhood and didn’t know much but he used his curiosity to study
and meet new people and it’s been a tool of courage, self development in his
movies.
Hs movies are his reflection of his insecurities and he
overcomes through learning some subjects that other people don’t know e.g. food,
fashion. So his curiosity has all
rounded his life. Curiosity can make us
more powerful not the one of shouting and being aggressive. It is real power as one can come in contact
with people who are experts in other things.
Everyone you meet is an opportunity of curiosity finding. In every situation. As it adds ones more purpose in life.
Recharge and revamp when you meet a NO as he did for the
splash movie. He shifted how he told the
story. He tried to meet a new person every
day. He saw Ron Howard; He turned his
curiosity into a discipline by deciding he would meet a new person every
day. It’s a religious practice and his
goal. It brought meaning to his life as
the new person shared their experiences.
He told him he wanted to be a movie director. Howard was another curiosity and he walked
into him. Howard wanted to be a director
and he wanted to be a producer so they stuck together.
“Empire” addresses everyone.
It was explosive and had an awe factor.
Curiosity informed his work in that his ideas and empathy
are important but if you can’t change it into energy then you are not
communicating. He used the information,
curate the information. He had 8over 500
curiosity conversations. His curiosity conversations
were just because he was interested. Daryl’s conversation showed his that power can
be austhestistic. We are all trapped in
our own way of thinking, relating with people that we think the world is the
way we see it. That can be dangerous and
is boring. You only see your point of
view and you think it is the definitive point of view and not when you meet
people out of your conform zone and you know it is not.
You are born curious no matter how much of it you have lost. You can regain your curiosity by taking
nothing for granted e.g. your health, people.
This is how you can become more curious.
We are here to find out why we are here.
He defines God as a governing force that is someplace out
there and you are at peace if you are connected to the source other than
yourself interests.
How does he stay in the light in all the darkness in the
world?
He acts within the sphere of his reach.
Treating all equal with love, it’s a butterfly effect that extends to
other people.
His purpose is to let people know that redemption is
possible. Even if is to reach the
empire.
reference:
www.oprah.com - livestreamed on 19 April 2015
"non-verbatim due to realtime transcript"