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Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 1:04 pm Post subject: Entering Hollywood, Kobe Bryant gets advice from Spielberg |
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http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/05/20/entering-hollywood-kobe-bryant-gets-advice-from-spielberg/
Quote: | Entering Hollywood, Kobe Bryant gets advice from Spielberg
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) Kobe Bryant is getting advice from Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams and Jerry Bruckheimer as he redirects his competitive drive from professional basketball to his publishing and production company.
One month after retiring from the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers star has a new daily routine. “I get up early and I train and I work out. Then I go to the office,” Bryant said in an interview.
He spends much of his day “kicking around ideas” with his staff of 10 full-time employees at Newport Beach, California-based Kobe Inc. – and calls up those Hollywood heavyweights for guidance.
“I mean those are like unfair advantages,” Bryant said, laughing. “I can pick up the phone and speak to them and ask them questions: `What do you think about the story? What is this missing?’ And they’ll nitpick every single detail and I love it.”
“They respect and appreciate what I’ve done for 20 years as I respect and appreciate what they’ve done over the years. And we understand that there is a unifying force between those two things,” Bryant said. “Even though the disciplines are different, the commitment, attention to detail is absolutely the same. So even though Steven Spielberg can start speaking in film language and I won’t understand a damn thing, I understand the core, the essence of what he’s saying.”
Bryant said his Kobe Studios also includes seven more people who have been working on a project for the past two years, and another team of five writers starting a new project shortly.
The company is now making a three-to-five minute film based on the “Dear Basketball” poem that Bryant used to announce his retirement, led by longtime Disney animator Glen Keane and featuring music from John Williams.
“You have to be true to who you are,” Bryant said while making an appearance Wednesday for a watch.
“Throughout my career, I’ve been able to take dark times and dark emotions and channel those feelings to create something better,” he said. “It’s not something that I shy away from. We all have things that motivate us. Sometimes you can push those things to the side, make it fester within you. Or you can choose to use them to create something better.” |
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PHILosophize Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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Damn. Well hopefully didn't listen too closely because Spielberg's movies have SUCKED lately. |
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Batguano Star Player
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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PHILosophize wrote: | Damn. Well hopefully didn't listen too closely because Spielberg's movies have SUCKED lately. |
Bridge of Spies was excellent. |
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panamaniac Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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Batguano wrote: | PHILosophize wrote: | Damn. Well hopefully didn't listen too closely because Spielberg's movies have SUCKED lately. |
Bridge of Spies was excellent. |
Yes. |
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KindCrippler2000 Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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kobe films to much |
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DaMuleRules Retired Number
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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The Grind wrote: | Batguano wrote: | PHILosophize wrote: | Damn. Well hopefully didn't listen too closely because Spielberg's movies have SUCKED lately. |
Bridge of Spies was excellent. |
Yes. |
6 Oscar nominations, and a win for Mark Rylance. |
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Lakerfan 4 Life Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Kobe should direct a remake of Batman vs. Superman. |
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tlim Star Player
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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I can see why he would reject the "Inside the NBA" gig. This thing he's doing is much more hard core. |
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City_Dawg Retired Number
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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DaMuleRules wrote: | The Grind wrote: | Batguano wrote: | PHILosophize wrote: | Damn. Well hopefully didn't listen too closely because Spielberg's movies have SUCKED lately. |
Bridge of Spies was excellent. |
Yes. |
6 Oscar nominations, and a win for Mark Rylance. |
The Beard still has the touch _________________ *sighs*
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DaMuleRules Retired Number
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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City_Dawg wrote: | DaMuleRules wrote: | The Grind wrote: | Batguano wrote: | PHILosophize wrote: | Damn. Well hopefully didn't listen too closely because Spielberg's movies have SUCKED lately. |
Bridge of Spies was excellent. |
Yes. |
6 Oscar nominations, and a win for Mark Rylance. |
The Beard still has the touch |
Certainly did with the casting of Rylance. That performance was stunning and easily the best part of a great movie.
"Would it help?" Three words that spoke volumes. |
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City_Dawg Retired Number
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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DaMuleRules wrote: | City_Dawg wrote: | DaMuleRules wrote: | The Grind wrote: | Batguano wrote: | PHILosophize wrote: | Damn. Well hopefully didn't listen too closely because Spielberg's movies have SUCKED lately. |
Bridge of Spies was excellent. |
Yes. |
6 Oscar nominations, and a win for Mark Rylance. |
The Beard still has the touch |
Certainly did with the casting of Rylance. That performance was stunning and easily the best part of a great movie.
"Would it help?" Three words that spoke volumes. |
I think he only says it like 3 times in the whole movie but each time was pretty profound/funny/sad etc..... _________________ *sighs*
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