Face to Face, Brian Grazer
Face to Face, Brian Grazer
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Face to Face
The Art of Human Connection

Author: Brian Grazer

Narrator: Steven Weber

Unabridged: 4 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/17/2019


Synopsis

Featured on CBS This Morning, Squawk Box, MSNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, and more.

“Reading Face to Face is like being a fly on the wall, watching Brian Grazer work his magic. Utterly entertaining, this is how you become Hollywood’s best producer.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of Talking to Strangers

Legendary Hollywood producer and author of the bestselling A Curious Mind, Brian Grazer is back with a captivating new book about the life-changing ways we can connect with one another.

Much of Brian Grazer’s success—as a #1 New York Times bestselling author, Academy Award–winning producer, father, and husband—comes from his ability to establish genuine connections with almost anyone. In Face to Face, he takes you around the world and behind the scenes of some of his most iconic movies and television shows, like A Beautiful Mind, Empire, Arrested Development, American Gangster, and 8 Mile, to show just how much in-person encounters have revolutionized his life—and how they have the power to change yours.

With his flair for intriguing stories, Grazer reveals what he’s learned through interactions with people like Bill Gates, Taraji P. Henson, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Eminem, Prince, Spike Lee, and the Afghani rapper activist Sonita: that the secret to a bigger life lies in personal connection. In a world where our attention is too often focused downward at our devices, Grazer argues that we are missing an essential piece of the human experience. Only when we are face to face, able to look one another in the eyes, can we form the kinds of connections that expand our world views, deepen our self-awareness, and ultimately lead to our greatest achievements and most meaningful moments.

When we lift our eyes to look at the person in front of us, we open the door to infinite possibility.

About Brian Grazer

Brian Grazer is an Oscar Award­–winning producer and New York Times bestselling author. His films and television shows have been nominated for forty-seven Academy Awards and 242 Emmy Awards. His credits include A Beautiful Mind, 24, Apollo 13, Splash, Arrested Development, Empire, 8 Mile, Friday Night Lights, American Gangster, and Genius, among others. He is the author of Face to Face and the #1 New York Times bestseller A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life, which won the 2016 Books for a Better Life Award. Grazer was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World and is the cofounder of Imagine Entertainment along with his longtime business partner, Ron Howard.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sharon

I found the stories a bit self-congratulatory. Not everyone has the luxury to fly off and meet people and to have these kinds of opportunities. As far as books go it does not have much depth.......more

Goodreads review by Annie

I give this book between 3.5 and 4 stars. Brian Grazer's first book "A Curious Mind" is about "what" could be learned from having conversations with people and being open minded. This book is about "how" to have engaging conversations -- look people in the eye, really listen, and give a good story o......more

Goodreads review by Sara

Meh. Endearing character, but it seemed like a list of name dropping and hollywood stardom. Great point about eye contact again and again, but the 1 hour interview with Dan Harris was more insightful than wading through this book......more

I loved this author's book "A Curious Mind" and was fascinated by how he conceived a philosophy and stuck to it. This book touches on an important aspect of his philosophy of having "a curious mind," which is connecting with the human your curious about. He retells a lot of the stories from "A Curio......more