SYS Podcast Episode 537: Gigi Levangie Reveals Untold Secrets Behind the Making of SAW (2004)
Write them, you write them. So you actually have something you don’t, you don’t say I could do that you do it. And you take a chance. And especially with sort of, that was a freewheeling show where you could pitch ideas and that sort of thing. And I sat in every meeting and I had my little, you know, notebook and I was I would take notes like a good secretary, but I was always thinking of ideas. And you sometimes you have to be a little annoying. You know, I was married to somebody very, very big producer, Brian Grazer, and he for a long time, and he didn’t like saying no to him on, you know, in a business sense, was just a mere obstacle. It was like saying you’re going to get to yes, eventually. Sometimes you have to be that personality. I was told by Phil Stutz, like the you know, Dr. Stutz of the famous documentary, you have to learn how to ask for favors. Because that’s what Hollywood is. And if you have a good script, you’re actually doing the person you’re asking a favor, you know, bring something to the table, not just I have a dream. I have like Oliver Stone, I’m walking around with 12 scripts. You know, it’s you really have to have the goods and work on your craft. As I was obsessed, I’d get up at five o’clock in the morning and work before I went to my, my job with Fred Silverman. But really, in the beginning, it was like, these guys are making how much money?
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