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Lawrence Bender

Lawrence Bender (born October 17, 1957) is an American film producer. He rose to fame by producing Reservoir Dogs in 1992 and has since produced all of Quentin Tarantino's films with the exception of Death Proof, Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight. He also produces documentary films, most notably An Inconvenient Truth (2006).

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Being scared is really a good thing. It's being scared of being scared that's bad. Being scared of walking through your fear, going to a place of true creativity - that's what an artist is, that's what he does. If you do that, then being inspired by your contemporaries or people from the past is really great.

Artist, Creativity, Past, Scared

In 1998, I was screening 'Good Will Hunting' at Camp David. And I was saying, 'Nice to meet you, Mr. President. Nice to meet you, Mrs. Clinton. ' Madeleine Albright, Sandy Berger, Senator Daschle. It was an extraordinary day.

Albright, Berger, Hunting, Nice, President, Screening

The average ordinary citizen can do a lot of different things when it comes to the climate crisis.

Average, Climate, Ordinary, Things

I was with - he wasn't the president then, but - Barack Obama, when he was running, in Washington, during Black Congressional Caucus Weekend, and did a panel about global warming with him. It was almost as if I switched careers for a while, and became a political activist.

Careers, Caucus, Running, Weekend

Film is a very collaborative medium. If you're smart enough, you learn how to maintain your vision while drawing resourcefully from all the people around you.

Drawing, Film, People, Resourcefully, Smart

Being with Al Gore on the red carpet in Cannes was exciting - he's like a rock star unto himself!

Cannes, Red, Rock, Rocks, Stars, Unto

If you go back and look at President Reagan's speeches, they bring you to tears almost.

Bring, Look, Looks, President, Tears

Sure, 'An Inconvenient Truth' was my first documentary. What a wonderful experience. I saw Al Gore doing his slideshow presentation, and had this nutty idea that we had to make a movie out of it.

Als, Documentary, Ideas, Make, Saws, Wonderful

To be sure, governments will remain critical to any comprehensive effort to save our planet.

Effort, Government, Planet, Planets, Remain, Save

I had one of those light bulb 'a ha' moments while screening 'Good Will Hunting' in Camp David in 1998 - Madeleine Albright and the Clintons were there, and I just became really inspired by all of these amazing people. I left the screening asking myself what I could do.

Hunting, Light, Madeleine, People

Honestly, when I had the idea to make 'An Inconvenient Truth,' and I was going out and raising the money, and I said, 'I want to make a movie about Al Gore's slide show, will you give me a million dollars?' People thought I was insane, looked at me cross-eyed.

Giving, Ideas, Inconvenient, Million, People, Show

What I would say to filmmakers, if I may be so bold or so arrogant, is to draw inspiration from other filmmakers, but go to the place in your own gut where everything is nothing. That's a very Zen thing to say, but that place of nothing is where real creativity comes out of.

Bold, Creativity, Gut, Inspiration, Real

Making movies is my profession. I like doing it a lot.

Like, Making, Movies, Profession