Brian Grazer quotes

I only make movies that are interesting to me. (Brian Grazer)

I was 45 years old when I decided to learn how to surf.

Brian Grazer

Nothing to me is unexpected. No disappointment is unexpected - whether it's movies or people or relationships. I'm always ready for the punch directly between the eyes. So I get hurt, but I never get hurt. Happens all the time.

Brian Grazer

The Porsche was just a vehicle to get to another place. I used it to change people's perceptions of me. I had grown up really middle class. USC was filled with elitists, richies who would go skiing every weekend. So I pretended like I was part of that world - to be accepted.

Brian Grazer

I like learning stuff. The more information you can get about a person or a subject, the more you can pour into a potential project. I made a decision to do different things. I want to do things that have a better chance of being thought of as original. I do everything I can to disrupt my comfort zone.

Brian Grazer

I started in TV movies and then had success in my move to features with Night Shift and Splash.

Brian Grazer

The hair is part of my image, part of my persona. And the hair is no accident: I have to gel it vertical every single morning.

Brian Grazer

I think the global mass culture is either consciously or unconsciously sensitized to how vulnerable we are here on the planet.

Brian Grazer

They say that life is tough enough. But I guess I like to make things difficult on myself, because I do that all the time. Every day and on purpose. That's because I believe in disrupting my comfort zone.

Brian Grazer

I like BBC news, I like some London news because you can get it earlier then anywhere else. I like Charlie Rose a lot.

Brian Grazer

You have to trust yourself, not research. Not testing. Testing helps, but you have to trust your own taste. If your taste says something isn't any good, don't let research rationalize that out of its own truth. (Brian Grazer)