You’ve probably been entertained by entrepreneur and filmmaker Andrew Jarecki even if you didn’t realize it. He co-founded the business everyone used in the 1990s: Moviefone. His list of accomplishments also include co-writing the theme song for the hit TV show, Felicity, directing the Ryan Gosling film, All Good Things, and directing and producing the documentary, Capturing the Friedmans, which won 18 international prizes and earned an Academy Award nomination. He’s probably best known for directing the Emmy-winning HBO series The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, which will be back with Part Two this year. Andrew sat down with Bob to recount how he got Moviefone off the ground and changed the industry forever; the major pivots and innovations behind the production of his films; and share how his parents influenced his career. You’ll get a sense of the unique skills that have enabled him to turn curiosities into successes, and have fun along the way.
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Pitbull: “Anything you love you have to fight for.”
Ryan Seacrest: “I celebrate people, but I’m not the star.”
Rob Reilly: “Be a fountain of ideas.”
Scott Borchetta: “This is the future – we better figure this out.”
Kenneth Feld: “People make an organization.”
Kellyn Smith Kenny: “The working world is a team sport.”
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Ted Leonsis: “People want purpose.”
Howard Makler: “Your brand is a fingerprint of your behavior.”
Jacki Kelley: “Don’t be afraid to zig and zag.”
Jon Bon Jovi: “It comes down to truth.”
Angela Yee: “Every time I learn something, I want to bring it to people.”
Paris Hilton: “I love to be someone who is underestimated.”
Gwyneth Paltrow: “Transaction can actually be a service”
Allen Grubman: “I’m a businessman first and a lawyer second.”
Blake Scholl: “It doesn’t matter what you’ve already done. It’s what you can learn to do.”
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Colin Cowherd: “I’m more interested in ‘the why’ than ‘the what.’”
Christian Juhl: "I have to predict the future just slightly better than everybody else."
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