Brian Grazer: The Secret to a Bigger Life

Oprah's Super Soul

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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From "A Beautiful Mind" to "Empire," Brian Grazer has produced some of the greatest films and television shows of the past 40 years. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Brian sits down with Oprah to discuss his book, "A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life," in which he writes about how expanding our curiosity should be as much a part of our culture as creativity and innovation. Brian not only attributes his success to curiosity but also says it's his daily spiritual practice. "It does get me into the place of truth within the person I'm connecting with," he tells Oprah. "It's the deepest emotional connection." Plus, Brian reveals how to optimize your curiosity in order to live a more satisfying, connected and soulful life.

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of
0:07.5	the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.
0:16.1	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right
0:23.1	now. Brian Graser is the visionary producer behind some of the greatest films and television
0:28.9	shows of our time, from splash to a beautiful mind, to Apollo 13, to his latest breakout
0:36.0	hit Empire. His work has been nominated for 43 Academy Awards and 149 Emmys. Brian says he
0:44.2	was curious from an early age and as the oldest of three growing up in Sherman, Oaks, California,
0:49.4	he struggled in school but says he was endlessly fascinated by the world around him. He's written
0:56.0	a book and it's called A Curious Mind, the secret to a bigger life. Brian says pursuing what
1:03.1	he calls curiosity conversations has been key to his happiness and success. We all know that
1:10.4	your Academy Award winning producer behind all these phenomenal films that we have come to love.
1:16.1	You've produced television and films and now you're adding author. Was that a little scary to add
1:21.0	author to your resume? Well it was scary. First I thought it might be easy and then it got to the
1:29.4	point where it was really hard. Just telling the story, you know, trying to remember the stories of
1:35.8	25 years and the conversations that I did every two weeks and trying to synthesize it and turn it
1:42.4	into tiny stories that people are going to want to read and that have the message of curiosity.
1:47.0	This is a hard thing to do and I have to say that when I first started reading it I was like,
1:53.3	what's this going to be? It's so esoteric curiosity but I would have to say I had a mind shift.
2:00.6	I had a mind shift which I'm sure that's what you're after, right? I had a mind shift while
2:06.2	reading it because I was like how can the claim that you have on the book? Curious mind the secret
2:10.0	to a bigger life. How can that make me have a bigger life? And I never thought of myself as a
2:14.8	curious person. Wow. I think your view is an extremely curious person. You know why? Because
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