Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through to your audience before you even start speaking. Peter Guber audiencebodyenergy Change image and share on social
Beside every great success are the seeds of enormous failure. In every failure, there's the opportunity seeds of great success. They're not miles apart. So if they're that close together, and if you're really working, you're always gonna have that likelihood that something's not going to work. Peter Guber closeenormousfailure share on social
At Casablanca we did 'Midnight Express,' 'Flashdance,' and 'The Deep.' My willingness for risk has always been my strength. Peter Guber casablancadeepexpress Change image and share on social
Well, the idea is that failure is an inevitable partner on the road to success and, if you're not willing to confront failure, you can never find out how good you are. Peter Guber confrontfailurefind Change image and share on social
Most young people haven't used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take them to the ball game. Peter Guber balldadgame Change image and share on social
So when you tell a joke, you want to make someone laugh, or if you tell a story about someone who had a heart attack, it may be because you want the listener to exercise. Stories are tools to create social cohesion and to get humans to strategize together. Peter Guber attackcohesioncreate share on social
When you want to move somebody, you have to say to yourself: 'I'm in the emotional transportation business. I gotta move them, emotionally.' Peter Guber businessemotionalemotionally Change image and share on social
I've worked with Jack Warner and Jimmy Stewart - and Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and Johnny Depp twice. I've had dinners with Fred Astaire and Cary Grant. Peter Guber angelinaastairebrad Change image and share on social
Stories aren't the icing on the cake; they are the cake! Peter Guber cakeicestory Change image and share on social
My mom used to tell me stories at night, read books to me - and I read 'em over and over and over again. And you know what I learned from that? I went back and looked at everything - Why do I like reading the same stories over and over and over again? What, was I some kind of nincompoop? No - the narrative gave me connection with my mom. Peter Guber backbookconnection share on social