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Literally! With Rob Lowe

Peter Guber: King Is Good

Literally! With Rob Lowe

Stitcher & Team Coco

Society & Culture

4.712.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In which Rob and producer/author/executive Peter Guber take a tour through Peter’s illustrious career, discussing films like Rain Man, Midnight Express, An American Werewolf In London, A River Runs Through It, and the power of narrative. Plus: Peter explains how crucial casting the right villain is.

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0:00.0

Hey Peter. How are you? I'm good. I'm sporting the one of your many team colors. I love it. I love it. I

0:07.7

Usually record my introductions to my guests after they leave. Great, but you I want I want you to sit I want you to sit here and take it. No, no, don't do that.

0:30.7

Hey everybody you have found it. This is the podcast. This is what you were looking for literally with Rob Lowe

0:36.9

and my guest today is the legendary Hollywood figure sports figure

0:45.9

businessmen producer author Peter Goober. I mean I know I've known you for how many years now for since 1983. Yeah.

0:59.5

And I know you know I've always wanted to have you on the show. I love you as I just as a man and a person and all those things.

1:06.3

But last night I figured it's time to be professional really is what it was about I figured like you know you know professional people. So I know some people that

1:15.3

masquerading is professional people that professional well that that's true. You've seen all shapes and sizes. So here. Okay, you own you're the co owner of four pro teams including the Dodgers and the Golden State Warriors.

1:33.3

You are a number one number one New York Times best seller I sir cannot claim that I'm a New York Times best seller but never went to number one like you have.

1:45.3

I read last night which I recommend anybody out there listening to go and read your what you wrote for the Harvard business review which is the four truths of the storyteller.

1:56.3

See I write for stupid things like vanity fair you write for the Harvard business review that's one of the many differences in the size of our brains.

2:06.3

This is my favorite though the movies you have produced have earned three billion dollars at the box office and have 50 50 Academy Award nominations.

2:24.3

I'm just going to give you a little bit of a list. This is I'm sorry I've turning this into this is your life but fuck it I don't care it's too good.

2:34.3

All right so you have been and listen you've been a studio head you've run some I mean you literally have said make this movie don't make that movie you produced movies which as you know means from the ground up working on them but however you've been involved in them.

2:50.3

The movie list is shampoo taxi driver the way we were a few good men Philadelphia sleepless in Seattle a river runs through it city slickers basic instinct you produced rain man backman color purple midnight express missing flash dance and then when you decided to dabble in television there was that show sign felt.

3:18.3

But more importantly than all of that you produced young blood with me how do you like that I do you know what it's like it type cops said it ain't bragging if you done it dude and you have you have done it so I'm really really thrilled to have you.

3:33.3

On on the show but I got to put a big astor it makes that because you know it's because you're you've been in show business your whole life alright big aspect I think let I did not do it I participated I helped it I

3:47.3

coerced it I coached it I ran the company or I put the thing together I helped and the words these are all collaborative enterprises to say that the word I did it no I was there I

4:02.3

helped it I I nurtured it and and and being responsible one of the people that were deeply involved in it yes but you cannot take singular credit for

4:14.3

anything in show business well and that's the other thing it's great about you is your you're so humble and so willing to to spread the the glory and the praise to others and as you know there are you know we got one white house we get a

4:31.3

little bit of it is like me me me I I me me me I I I I I I I I I and but it's true what we do is a collaborative art for sure I mean and I think people who aren't who aren't film makers or TV makers will be shocked to know that

4:46.3

anywhere along the production line someone can elevate it beyond measure or fuck it up immediately true which was which do you think is is harder for you

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