2024-08-20
35 分钟Before becoming the director of major films like Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights and the upcoming Wicked, Jon M. Chu wondered if he missed his chance to make it big. After a great deal of trial and error, his path to success is its own cinematic hero's journey. Jon and Adam discuss what it takes to reach your own potential, the creative process, and how to find the courage to tell new stories. His new book Viewfinder is out now.Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
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Actually, having a camera gave me access to people.
They smiled.
They let me into their groups.
When I had a camera in my hand, editing it then allowed me to show what I could do, and people would accept me further with that.
Hey, everyone, it's Adam Grant.
Welcome back to rethinking my podcast on the science of what makes us tick with the Ted audio collective.
I'm an organizational psychologist, and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.
My guest today is John M.
Chu, the filmmaker behind the smash hit Crazy Rich Asians.
He also directed in the heights and is helming the movie adaptations of two of my all time favorite musicals, Wicked and Joseph in the amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
John's one of the biggest directors in Hollywood today, but his journey there was full of trial and error.
Every time I did something, everything bad would happen.
I'd be like, this is gonna be a great chapter in my book one day.
And that really helped me see the longer vision of what I was going to do.
Speaking of that book, John recently released his first one.
It's called Viewfinder, a memoir of seeing and being seen.
One of the major themes in the book and in John's filmmaking is questioning the status quo.
All right, let me start here.
Why the hell do you have to write a book, John Chu?