Takes fantasies (e.g. what would it be like to date Julia Roberts?) and expands the idea into a film
Q: Do yo ever worry about running out of creativity?
A: Need to be able to change your style, not keep doing the same thing over and over.
His job as a leader is to make sure that everyone is making the same film
Hiring great people: don't hire people for their reputation, but make sure that the actor will be able to play this part.
Get the best out of people: get them to fix it temselves. Identify why they aren't getting it.
Accept that failure will happen. But it isn't disastrous.
Makes optimistic love films because he rejects the idea that
violence and dullness is somehow more real than something that happens
every day.
Defining moment of poverty: was exposed to his wealth as a
child in the Philippines. Later his family skipped Christmas
[gifts, fancy dinner, etc.] one year to give to a family in Africa.
Visited Ethiopia and saw people in three huts: likely to
die today, likely to die in a week, likely to survive. The
nurses, water engineers, tec. were aacting emotionlessly, passionless,
professionally and it caused him to start his non-profit
"I can really only do one thing will: write comedies and
deal with comedians on TV. But I will ruthlessly do what I do
well to [raise money] to rectify this general injustice."