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...types of films I choose to produce are a little more complex and meaningful, not to make myself sound grandiose or anything. I definitely like to work on films that tell more complex human stories. Usually films that have some sort of social message to them, nothing overtly propaganda, but talking about the real human condition...
...with a smart audience to help them time the jokes for the movie. I helped them set up a screening in Science Center B and I said to them, “How do I get into the business?” They said, facetiously, “make a movie.” I didn’t get that they were being facetious...
...Harvard I had spent most of my time doing heavyweight crew, so I made a documentary about it. I basically went to the crew coach, Harry Parker, who is still around, and said, “Can I get names of alumni to ask them for money to make the movie?” He said no, so I went into the boat house at night and copied the names of alumni down from the pictures there. I then went to the general directory, found their addresses, and sent them the letters. I also got money from the Office...
...fired every synapse in my brain. The cool thing was that at the time, nobody thought “Lost” was going to work, and this gave us freedom. We thought it would be 12 [episodes] and out. We said, “Let’s make the coolest 12 episodes of television that we can.” The hope was, at the very least, we would make a show that would be like a cool cult thing on DVD, like “Twin Peaks.” We decided we were going to make...
...Model the kind of leadership that you’d like to see in the students who go on the trips,” she said. “Listen to the students and help empower them to make their dreams a reality...