{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Most Curious Man in Hollywood \u2014 Brian Grazer","description":"Brian Grazer (@BrianGrazer) is an Academy Award-winning producer and New York Times bestselling author (A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life, with Charles Fishman) who has been making movies and television programs for more than 25 years. Grazer and his longtime friend and business partner Ron Howard began their collaboration in 1985 on the hit comedies Nightshift and Splash, and in 1986 they founded Imagine Entertainment. In 2002, Grazer won an Oscar for Best Picture for A Beautiful Mind (shared with Ron Howard). In 2007, he was named one of Time\u2018s \u201c100 Most Influential People in the World.\u201d His films and TV series have been nominated for 43 Academy Awards and 131 Emmys. In this episode, we discuss: Brian\u2019s \u201csupertool\u201d that helped him get ahead in business. How to pitch people to create opportunity. Favorite failures and lessons learned. Brian\u2019s criteria for choosing what movies to make. How to develop better decision-making abilities. And much, much more. This episode was recorded in front of a live, sold-out audience of about 2,000 people at Summit LA17 in Los Angeles. Enjoy! This podcast is brought to you by MeUndies. I\u2019ve spent the last year wearing underwear from these guys 24\/7, and they are the most comfortable and colorful underwear I\u2019ve ever owned. MeUndies are designed in L.A. and made from sustainably sourced MicroModal \u2014 a fabric three times softer than cotton. Even better, it includes free shipping. If you don\u2019t love your first pair of MeUndies, they\u2019ll hook you up with a new pair or a refund. If you love the product, they have three different subscription plans \u2014 so you\u2019ll never be bored with the ever-changing selection. Check out MeUndies.com\/Tim to see my current faves and get 20 percent off your first pair. That\u2019s MeUndies.com\/Tim. This podcast is also brought to you by FreshBooks. FreshBooks is the #1 cloud bookkeeping software, which is used by a ton of the start-ups I advise and many of the contractors I work with. It is the easiest way to send invoices, get paid, track your time, and track your clients. FreshBooks tells you when your clients have viewed your invoices, helps you customize your invoices, track your hours, automatically organize your receipts, have late payment reminders sent automatically and much more. Right now you can get a free month of complete and unrestricted use. You do not need a credit card for the trial. To claim your free month and see how the brand new Freshbooks can change your business, go to FreshBooks.com\/Tim and enter \u201cTim\u201d in the \u201chow did you hear about us\u201d section. ","author_name":"The Tim Ferriss Show ","author_url":"http:\/\/www.fourhourworkweek.com","html":"