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- Nov 07, 2020
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- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 14, my dad came home one day and told us he had cancer. It was looking pretty bad. And I remember him saying how afraid he was that he hadn't gotten to do the things he wanted to do during his life. He had surgery and survived. And he's still alive today, thank God. But it made a big impact on me.
- Business School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be a writer, to write these stories that would make people see the world in a different way. But I ended up going to business school because I thought I could ultimately get to where I wanted to go faster that way.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a philanthropist, I give away a lot of money every year. Yet I thought there was a higher leverage to come in and create movies and TV shows that were actually able to do some good in the world.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a teenager I read a lot of books. Books with lots of scary trends, things like nuclear weapons and overpopulation and global diseases, and I thought, 'Wouldn't it be great to write stories that showed people these problems and that we could do something about them.'
- Big Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
My views tend to be centrist. I'm not a big fan of George W., but my politics tend to be more Republican than not.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned Hollywood is a small community, and you really have to be a part of the community to get anything done. Unlike traditional industries, where you can do things from afar with phone calls and e-mail, this town is really about being social. Because that's how trust gets built.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started Participant, I felt that the movie business was ripe for a company that dealt with big issues in a systemic way. I was a little surprised that nobody had done it before. But to most people, entertainment is escapism.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
My goal was to leverage the power of movies and the reach they have and include important messages. Of course, they still have to be entertaining so that people will watch them, but I wanted to make sure there was a message, a takeaway.
- Film Industry
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an industry, the film industry is better than most. It's not perfect - I wish every company would carbon-offset their productions - but it's better than one would expect.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Young entrepreneurs, in general, feel they're too busy running their companies, which I think is a mistake. But once they're older, you see much more of a propensity to be involved in philanthropy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Participant, I am the board. I am the sole greenlight at the company. If something happened to me, that would be a problem.
- Difference
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- Nov 07, 2020
My goal is to make the biggest difference possible in the world. I have only so many resources and so much time.
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a real concern of mine every day. What can we do? How much can we do? How quickly can we address all these important things?
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
The goal of Participant is to tell stories that serve as catalysts for social change. With our television channel, we can bring those stories into the homes of our viewers every day.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first moved to Hollywood from Silicon Valley, I had some misgivings. But I found that there were some advantages to being in Hollywood. And, in fact, some advantages to owning your own media company. And I also found that Hollywood and Silicon Valley have a lot more in common than I would have dreamed.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went from living in a house with five guys in Palo Alto, and living off their leftovers, to all of a sudden having all kinds of resources. And I wanted to figure out how I could take the blessing of these resources and share it with the world.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I backpacked around the world and went to places like Mexico City and Pakistan, where I'm like, 'Oh. Things aren't quite as good.'
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Looking at America, which has so much wealth and potential and yet has so many deep-rooted problems, I think it gives us, as Canadians, an opportunity to be on the world stage on the climate change issue.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020