Chris Meledandri

Producer

1959-05-15

Quotes by Chris Meledandri

• Embrace risk. The driving force behind our economic model at Illumination Mac Guff is designed to preserve the opportunity to take risk. Subvert the expectation of the audience. Surprise them with unexpected choices.

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• In the 1960s, my father chose to introduce Italian-style clothing into a world that was filled with boxy Brooks Brothers suits. So if you were dressing in his clothes in New York or California, you were breaking a rule. And my mother, Risha, who is still living, has always been an activist. I don't think my mom has met a cause she doesn't like.

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• I do think we're in a period of time culturally where there is just this extraordinary connection that we have to our pets, and in many ways, they are displacing kids. They're so much simpler than dealing with a kid because of this unconditional love that does not get complicated by adolescence or any other manipulation.

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• I don't fly by the seat of my pants. I set strategies, and then I pursue those in unrelenting fashion.

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• I believe people leave a theater bonding with characters. Story is the vessel that carries character. Comedy is a very important component of expressing character.

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