The Right Q
The book has many interesting vignettes from Grazer’s charmed life, from his childhood dyslexia to his encounters with famous people and how they helped him by answering his questions. For instance, when he went to meet the powerful producer Lew Wasseman he was told, “If there are a dozen ways to become a producer — having money, knowing people who have money, having connections, having friends in the business, representing movie stars or writers — if there are a dozen ways to become a producer, you don’t have any of them.”
Brian Grazer is the producer of such hits as Apollo 13, Splash, 8 Mile, A Beautiful Mind and 24. He also managed to line up a series of celebrities for a “curiosity conversation”. His book A Curious Mind, written with business journalist Charles Fishman, is all about the advantages of curiosity. Which means the self-made man attributes his success to the belief that, “Life isn’t about finding the answers, it’s about asking the questions.”
The book has many interesting vignettes from Grazer’s charmed life, from his childhood dyslexia to his encounters with famous people and how they helped him by answering his questions. For instance, when he went to meet the powerful producer Lew Wasseman he was told, “If there are a dozen ways to become a producer — having money, knowing people who have money, having connections, having friends in the business, representing movie stars or writers — if there are a dozen ways to become a producer, you don’t have any of them.”
Wasserman advised Grazer to write his own movie if he wanted to be a producer and that’s how Splash, the love story between a man and mermaid was created, even though it took seven years to reach the screen.
The first chapter begins with a quote by Dorothy Parker, “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity” and plunges right into Grazer’s views on curiosity and how it was the guiding principle of his life. A very entertaining and inspiring read.
A Curious Mind
By Brian Grazer & Charles Fishman
Published by: Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
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