Peter Berg

My business a little bit.

Yeah, and having the combination of having your shit together and being fucked up because you've got to be crazy, but you've got to be able to functionally crazy. But I always say delusional thinking because I made the point to people asking me about my job. I'm like, well, okay, think about it this way. You have to have the ability to look someone in the eye.

Yeah, and having the combination of having your shit together and being fucked up because you've got to be crazy, but you've got to be able to functionally crazy. But I always say delusional thinking because I made the point to people asking me about my job. I'm like, well, okay, think about it this way. You have to have the ability to look someone in the eye.

Yeah, and having the combination of having your shit together and being fucked up because you've got to be crazy, but you've got to be able to functionally crazy. But I always say delusional thinking because I made the point to people asking me about my job. I'm like, well, okay, think about it this way. You have to have the ability to look someone in the eye.

So if I'm a young filmmaker and you're the head of a studio, I have to look you in the eye and say, hey, Joe, here's the deal. I need $135 million. I'm going to make up a story about a bunch of cowboys and Indians fighting in a mountain. I'm going to bring all these people up there. I'm going to...

So if I'm a young filmmaker and you're the head of a studio, I have to look you in the eye and say, hey, Joe, here's the deal. I need $135 million. I'm going to make up a story about a bunch of cowboys and Indians fighting in a mountain. I'm going to bring all these people up there. I'm going to...

So if I'm a young filmmaker and you're the head of a studio, I have to look you in the eye and say, hey, Joe, here's the deal. I need $135 million. I'm going to make up a story about a bunch of cowboys and Indians fighting in a mountain. I'm going to bring all these people up there. I'm going to...

Film it and move people around and I'm going to edit it all together and I'm going to – for your $130 million, I'm going to build this thing. I'm going to make it all, put music on it and edit it and make it all. I'm going to put it out into the world and people are going to stop doing what they're doing. And they're going to watch it and they're going to love it.

Film it and move people around and I'm going to edit it all together and I'm going to – for your $130 million, I'm going to build this thing. I'm going to make it all, put music on it and edit it and make it all. I'm going to put it out into the world and people are going to stop doing what they're doing. And they're going to watch it and they're going to love it.

Film it and move people around and I'm going to edit it all together and I'm going to – for your $130 million, I'm going to build this thing. I'm going to make it all, put music on it and edit it and make it all. I'm going to put it out into the world and people are going to stop doing what they're doing. And they're going to watch it and they're going to love it.

And it's going to bring you value. But why is it delusional if other people have done it? Because everyone that's done it is a little delusional. Because it just doesn't... You're right, okay? It's not...

And it's going to bring you value. But why is it delusional if other people have done it? Because everyone that's done it is a little delusional. Because it just doesn't... You're right, okay? It's not...

And it's going to bring you value. But why is it delusional if other people have done it? Because everyone that's done it is a little delusional. Because it just doesn't... You're right, okay? It's not...

totally delusional but it's a little bit of magical thinking maybe take the word delusional out of it and be like you know like the idea of magical thinking that like oh no I can do something that's very doesn't quite make sense it's not like oh I'm going to make this table I'm going to measure it and cut it and nail it and attach it to a frame and no it's like I'm going to I've got this abstract vision that I'm going to attempt to

totally delusional but it's a little bit of magical thinking maybe take the word delusional out of it and be like you know like the idea of magical thinking that like oh no I can do something that's very doesn't quite make sense it's not like oh I'm going to make this table I'm going to measure it and cut it and nail it and attach it to a frame and no it's like I'm going to I've got this abstract vision that I'm going to attempt to

totally delusional but it's a little bit of magical thinking maybe take the word delusional out of it and be like you know like the idea of magical thinking that like oh no I can do something that's very doesn't quite make sense it's not like oh I'm going to make this table I'm going to measure it and cut it and nail it and attach it to a frame and no it's like I'm going to I've got this abstract vision that I'm going to attempt to

put together in a way that cost somebody a lot of money and Yet, I'm gonna aspire to touch people's hearts and souls with this.

put together in a way that cost somebody a lot of money and Yet, I'm gonna aspire to touch people's hearts and souls with this.

put together in a way that cost somebody a lot of money and Yet, I'm gonna aspire to touch people's hearts and souls with this.

Do you know what my dad told me when I told him I was going to Hollywood to learn how to make movies? What? So my dad was a business guy, and I love my dad very much. But right when I was getting ready to come to Hollywood, he said, Pete, I've secured you a job at Lehman Brothers. You're going to work on a desk, and you're going to learn about finance. It's done.