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How to Be a (Good) Boss in Hollywood
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As a former comedy agent at UTA and WME, Priyanka Mattoo — whose memoir will be published by Knopf this year — represented numerous big-name writers and performers before leaving to start a TV-production company with Jack Black. TV production is a bullet train driven by some of the most wildly anxious humans in the world, and it’s the strangest thing that you’re all expected to be creative geniuses while simultaneously managing hundreds of people, in addition to your own emotions and busy lives. It’s similar for Hubbard’s staff on Loot: “He lets all the people of color in the room make fun of him because his favorite snack is one dry, unbuttered slice of Wonder bread,” explains Quioh.
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