Occupation: Film Producer Birth: March 1, 1942
Truth is a point of view, but authenticity can't be faked..
I think any new technology that helps connect and create social cohesion is great. But at the end of the day, you and I are analog creatures. We have….
The portal into people's hearts is being interested in them..
Miss the audience's heart as a filmmaker, and the only wallet that gets hit will be your own. That's because the heart is always the first target in ….
In any situation that calls for you to persuade, convince or manage someone or a group of people to do something, the ability to tell a purposeful st….
Welcome it as part of a process... you just can't avoid it... if you go to bat enough times, you are going to strike out; and you will do it cataclys….
Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through to your audience before you even start speaking..
People love to be swept off their feet, to go into an environment where they've never been, to experience things they only dream about. And filmmakin….
Nothing replaces being in the same room, face to face, breathing the same air and reading and feeling each other's micro-expressions..
A gun can be dangerous. But a gun can protect you, you can hunt for food with it - you know, the tool itself is a tool. The intention of the party us….
In today's roller-coaster economy, hyper-competitive, fear-based, flat and global world, convincing anyone to do anything at any time requires gettin….
There's a sense of aliveness that comes from connection, shared experience. And you see it in every place. You see it when ball players jump up and d….
When you want to move somebody, you have to say to yourself: 'I'm in the emotional transportation business. I gotta move them, emotionally..
Are you motivated? Are you coherent? Is your intention aligned? Are your feet, tongue, heart and wallet congruent? That intention shines through..
Think about all the great leaders. Think about Obama. Think about Clinton. Think about Nelson Mandela. Think about all the people that we know who ar….
With a purposeful story, you can change a "wanna be" to a "gonna be" to a "be"..
My mom used to tell me stories at night, read books to me - and I read 'em over and over and over again. And you know what I learned from that? I wen….
The arts tend to be more liberal. There tends to be more social relevance in the arts..
Good storytelling is harder than it sounds, but the easy part is that everyone has the ability to do it. ...Tap into it..
Social cohesion was built into language long before Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter - we're tribal by nature. Tribes today aren't the same as tribe….
Being true to yourself involves showing and sharing emotion. The spirit that motivates most great storytellers is 'I want you to feel what I feel,' a….