99: Todd Garner | Getting Big Stuff Done in a Small Talk Town
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2018
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Todd Garner (@Todd_Garner) is a Hollywood veteran who has overseen 170 films (and counting) -- including Anger Management, xXx, 13 Going on 30, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Black Hawk Down, Punch Drunk Love, Con Air, and Hellboy. He also hosts The Producer's Guide on PodcastOne.
What We Discuss with Todd Garner:- What does a Hollywood producer actually do?
- Why are details about Todd Garner so hard to find online even though he's been making movies for decades?
- How to balance being an inspiring leader with being a butt-kicking drill sergeant when the need arises.
- How someone who operates with integrity can create a career in a cutthroat industry.
- Creativity and productivity habits of a highly successful Hollywood producer that you can apply to your own personal and professional life.
- And much more...
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| 0:00.0 | The Angie's List you know and trust is now Angie, and we're so much more than just a list. |
| 0:05.2 | We still connect you with top local pros and show you ratings and reviews, but now, |
| 0:10.3 | we also let you compare upfront prices on hundreds of projects and book a service instantly. |
| 0:16.0 | We can even handle the rest of your project from start to finish. So remember, |
| 0:20.4 | Angie's List is now Angie, and we're here to get your job done right. |
| 0:24.9 | Get started at Angie.com. That's ANGI, or download the app today. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger. As always, I'm here with my producer, Jason DeFilippo. |
| 0:34.9 | Today, we're talking with my friend Todd Garner. He produced anger management, |
| 0:39.1 | Paul Blart Mallcott, Black Hawk Down, Conair, Hellboy, Triple X, among others. |
| 0:43.8 | And today, and somebody, by the way, Jason, somebody asked him, |
| 0:47.5 | why do you make such crappy movies and they didn't say crappy and it was in front of a whole big |
| 0:51.6 | room full of people? How can you say that? Conair is one of the greatest movies ever made. |
| 0:56.0 | Put the bonnet down. Exactly. Put the bonnet down. Yeah, I mean, |
| 1:01.9 | all right. I wouldn't have gone. I mean, look, let's just say people know that movie. I don't |
| 1:06.0 | know if it's in the greatest movies ever made, but we're going to discover how to balance being |
| 1:10.6 | an inspiring leader with also being a butt kicking drill sergeant when the situation calls for it. |
| 1:15.9 | We'll explore how someone who actually operates with integrity can create a career in a cut-throat |
| 1:20.9 | industry and will uncover some creativity and productivity habits of a highly successful Hollywood |
| 1:26.9 | producer that you can apply to your own business and your own work life. As always, we've got |
| 1:31.9 | worksheets for the episodes. In case you want to apply everything that you hear from Todd Garner, |
| 1:36.7 | that link is in the show notes at jordanharbinger.com slash podcast. And if you want to know how I |
| 1:41.7 | managed to book all these great people, manage my relationships using systems, using tiny habits, |
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