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Boardroom Talks

Episode 53: Movie and television producer, writer and founder of Imagine Entertainment Brian Grazer

Boardroom Talks

Boardroom Podcast Network

Business, Entrepreneurship, Sports

4.4620 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Brian Grazer is a legend in the entertainment space and the powerhouse behind notable film and TV projects such as "8 Mile," "A Beautiful Mind," "Apollo 13," "Friday Night Lights," and "Swagger." Grazer, alongside his producing partner of 40 years Ron Howard, has won 47 Emmy Awards, 10 Golden Globes and 10 Academy Awards. In this episode, Grazer sits with Rich and Gianni to discuss everything from breaking into the entertainment business, coming up with the name "Imagine" for his production company, to putting Tom Hanks in his first starring role and who he'd still love to work with in the future.

Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up everybody and welcome to another boardroom out of office podcast.

0:18.6

I am here, as always, with my brother from another.

0:24.7

Mr. Gianni Harrell, Gianni was good, bro.

0:27.3

What's up?

0:27.7

What's up, bro?

0:28.8

Remember last year when we would say what number pot it was for every pod?

0:33.0

When you would say whatever number pot it was?

0:35.1

Yeah, I remember.

0:36.1

I know what it was is that like

0:38.8

I couldn't remember and I didn't prep like who I was going to say. So halfway through,

0:44.8

I would drop the ball and not be able to come up with like who wore number 27. That was the

0:49.4

best part of it where it's just like, who wore number 29? 29. I can't come up with anyone. See what I'm saying? 29. I actually can, but no one else would know this dude. He played for the Rangers when I was a kid. I wasn't a geek as a kid, but I memorized sports stats. And I feel like no disrespect to anyone's kids who memorize sports stats. But in general, people that memorize sports stats as kids probably are like geeks. Yeah, or just really heavy sports fans. I don't know. Sports stats, like. That's what I'm saying. I knew everything. Like, so as a kid, if you asked me, like, yo, where did so-and-so go to college? How many homeblocks did this person hit this? Yeah, or like, so where someone went to college. But in general, you would think that was something that someone that, like, maybe didn't have much else going on without it. But, you know, that's what I loved as a kid, man. So what's good with you, though, bro? Bro, chilling, chilling. You watched that Kanye drink champs? Of course. I didn't watch. I heard there was a part two.

1:44.8

It was part two. I saw part, part two had Larry Hoover's son on it, and part one was all yay.

1:50.6

Wow.

1:51.8

The part one was like three hours, though.

1:54.3

What was your favorite part of it?

1:56.7

Um, my favorite part of it.

2:00.3

I don't know, man.

2:01.3

Like, listening to Kanye talk is just like a roller coaster ride anyway. Yeah, because it's so accurate because, like, he'll be like, I agree with him. I agree with him. I agree with him. Why'd you go so left? Why'd you go so left? Exactly. Stay center. Stay center. Exactly. Exactly. And also, like, I'm such a big fan. and I mean, I know you are too.

1:59.9

And then sometimes he says things that I'm like, damn, you really didn't like those songs that you made back in the day. Like, you didn't like those albums. I heard him say some in the other day. Like, I ain't really like touch the sky or I ain't really like good life. I didn't hear that. Yeah. And I was like, what you mean? Like, now I feel like I, I feel like I violated or something. Like I've been dancing them joints while and out. I thought he loved him. But he's so necessary, though. You need people like that. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? I think he's the most important artist of my generation. Could be. You're 26? Yeah. I didn't like how he did Big Sean. But yeah, he could be the most influential artist of your generation. Yeah. And then, I mean, he did Big Sean crazy. And then did you see Big Sean's response? he's like but he was wrong for that like he

3:09.6

if you're mad to Big Sean didn't support your presidency like what are you talking about like

3:14.7

I really do like Kanye but come on man like you're not even supposed to be mad if you run for president

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