6 Quotes & Sayings By Brian Grazer

Brian Grazer is an Academy Award-nominated producer and writer. He is the founder of Imagine Entertainment, one of Hollywood's most prominent production companies. He co-created the TV series "Alias," "The Paper," and "24," and directed "A Beautiful Mind," for which he won a Best Picture Academy Award. He produced "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," directed by David Fincher, starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, and Tilda Swinton Read more

In 2006, he directed the Academy Award-winning documentary "W.", which explores what it means to be a man in today's society.

Curiosity–asking questions–isn’t just a way of understanding the world. It’s...
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Curiosity–asking questions–isn’t just a way of understanding the world. It’s a way of changing it. Brian Grazer
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Nothing unleashes curiosity in an audience like good storytelling. Nothing inspires storytelling, in turn, like the results of curiosity. Brian Grazer
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Being interested in other fields and meeting experts outside entertainment - whether it's a two-hour conversation with John Nash that turns into 'A Beautiful Mind' or talking to people in architecture or fashion, CIA directors or Nobel laureates - has given me a better sense of which ideas feel authentic and new. Brian Grazer
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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
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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