Brian Grazer Quotes & Sayings

Nothing unleashes curiosity in an audience like good storytelling. Nothing inspires storytelling, in turn, like the results of curiosity. — Brian Grazer

Manners are really the basis for how we treat other people - manners are born out of compassion, empathy, the "golden rule." Manners are, quite simply, making people feel welcome, comfortable, and respected. — Brian Grazer

You can't get anything done trying to absorb and neutralize everyone else's criticisms. — Brian Grazer

WE ARE ALL TRAPPED in our own way of thinking, trapped in our own way of relating to people. We get so used to seeing the world our way that we come to think that the world is the way we see it. — Brian Grazer

We're interested in complex characters and he's a complex character, [ J. Edgar] Hoover. I like these types of dramas. I've made a few of them and I'm also interested in power structures so it just has elements that fascinate me, and the more you learn about Hoover, the more polarizing you realize he is. — Brian Grazer

When I first started out in the entertainment business, I made a list of people I thought it would be good to meet. Not people who could give me a job or a deal, but people who could shake me up, teach me something, challenge my ideas about myself and the world. — Brian Grazer

I probably should have a brand, but I think you can't get the best artists to work for you if you're branded. I get the trade-off, and I really would like to be more famous for my work, get more credit for my achievements. — Brian Grazer

There is evidence that people do want to watch shows back to back - that's why DVR use is so high. When you're able to DVR something, people will watch more than one episode. — Brian Grazer

I started in TV movies and then had success in my move to features with 'Night Shift' and 'Splash'. — Brian Grazer

I was 45 years old when I decided to learn how to surf. — Brian Grazer

My creative is curiosity conversations ... All conversations reveal some inner truth, and the information we get from a computer is different than something that becomes a biochemical event, like a real conversation. — Brian Grazer

I like learning stuff. The more information you can get about a person or a subject, the more you can pour into a potential project. I made a decision to do different things. I want to do things that have a better chance of being thought of as original. I do everything I can to disrupt my comfort zone. — Brian Grazer

You have to trust yourself, not research. Not testing. Testing helps, but you have to trust your own taste. If your taste says something isn't any good, don't let research rationalize that out of its own truth. — Brian Grazer

I wanted other people who have curiosity to understand they can kick it up a notch and it's a superpower. — Brian Grazer

I only make movies that are interesting to me. — Brian Grazer

"No" is just a moment in time. — Brian Grazer

I like BBC news; I like some London news because you can get it earlier then anywhere else. I like Charlie Rose a lot. — Brian Grazer

They say that life is tough enough. But I guess I like to make things difficult on myself, because I do that all the time. Every day and on purpose. That's because I believe in disrupting my comfort zone. — Brian Grazer

Curiosity - asking questions - isn't just a way of understanding the world. It's a way of changing it. — Brian Grazer

The Porsche was just a vehicle to get to another place. I used it to change people's perceptions of me. I had grown up really middle class. USC was filled with elitists, richies who would go skiing every weekend. So I pretended like I was part of that world - to be accepted. — Brian Grazer

You can't search for the answer to questions that haven't been asked yet. And you can't Google a new idea. The Internet can only tell us what we already know. — Brian Grazer

Nothing to me is unexpected. No disappointment is unexpected - whether it's movies or people or relationships. I'm always ready for the punch directly between the eyes. So I get hurt, but I never get hurt. Happens all the time. — Brian Grazer