Peter Guber Quotes

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 Tribes Thousand Of Years Ago: It Isn't Just Religious Tribes Or Ethnic Tribes Now: It's Sports Fans, It's Communities, It's Geography.

At Casablanca We Did 'midnight Express,' 'flashdance,' And 'the Deep.' My Willingness For Risk Has Always Been My Strength.

Nothing Drew Me To The Film Business. I Was Propelled By The Fear And Anxiety Of Vietnam. I Had Been Drafted Into The Marines. My Brother Was Already Serving In Vietnam. I Bought, If You Will, A Stay Of Execution - Both Literally And Figuratively - And Went On To Graduate School Of Business From The Law School That I Was Attending.

I've Worked With Jack Warner And Jimmy Stewart - And Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, And Johnny Depp Twice. I've Had Dinners With Fred Astaire And Cary Grant.

The Seminal Elements Of What Makes A Story Great - Challenge, Struggle, Resolution - Are The Same Whether We're Talking About Story Content For A Movie Such As 'rain Man,' Or Telling A Purposeful Story To Forge New Business Relationships Or Conclude A Fruitful Transaction, Such As Acquiring An Nba Franchise.

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 Using The Tool Is A Part Of The Process, Right? You Know: The Knife Cuts The Steak, Stabs The Person, Saves Somebody From Danger, Cuts Somebody Out Of A Car.

A German Shepherd Dog Could Walk In The Office With A Script In His Mouth, And If That Script Was Really Good, They'd Buy The Script.

Most Young People Haven't Used Their Storytelling Skills Since They Were 8 Or 9 Or 10 And Wanted To Persuade Mom And Dad To Take Them To The Ball Game.

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 Cataclysmically; And You Know Success And Failure Are Just Millimeters Apart.

Are You Motivated? Are You Coherent? Is Your Intention Aligned? Are Your Feet, Tongue, Heart And Wallet Congruent? That Intention Shines Through.

The Arts Tend To Be More Liberal. There Tends To Be More Social Relevance In The Arts.

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 To Take 'oohs And Aahs' And Convert Them To 0s And 1s And Then Convert Them Back To 'oohs And Aahs.' Narratives That Work In Social Networks Are The Exchange Of Stories That Are Told Well.