Brian Grazer
Brian Grazer
Brian Thomas Grazeris an American film and television producer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFilm Producer
Date of Birth12 July 1951
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
moving night tvs
I started in TV movies and then had success in my move to features with Night Shift and Splash.
rose news london
I like BBC news; I like some London news because you can get it earlier then anywhere else. I like Charlie Rose a lot.
people curiosity notches
I wanted other people who have curiosity to understand they can kick it up a notch and it's a superpower.
believe comfort zone
I believe in disrupting my comfort zone.
moments moments-in-time
"No" is just a moment in time.
weekend class people
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.
drama character elements
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.
believe purpose comfort
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.
thinking people world
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.
real creative curiosity
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.
coming foster love movies people valley
We're coming out of the valley we were in this summer. People love Jodie Foster and showed they'll come out for the right thing. It's about the movies you make.
business pundits year
There's always a year when the pundits say the movie business is over,
asked came comic fun great jim potential produce seemed torn update willing
One day Jim came to me with this great idea to update Fun With Dick and Jane. It not only had great comic potential but seemed torn from the headlines. He asked if I would be willing to produce it. I jumped at the chance.
decision process tom
I like Tom a lot but we really aren't in that decision process yet.