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KW:
Professor/Author/Documentary
director Hisani Dubose says: I love all your
movies but found Cast Away especially fas-
cinating as a great example of product inte-
gration with FedEx. I would like to know if
FedEx was part of the original script.
BZ: It was, but not because of any product
placement. As a matter of fact, FedEx didn’t
give us any money at all because, if you
remember the movie, the plane crashes. But
they understood the reality of what it was
we were doing, and said they were okay
with it as long as the accident wasn’t caused
by the incompetence of any FedEx employ-
ees. So, they were cooperative with us,
which was great because it brought a real-
ism to the movie to use an actual corpora-
tion rather than a fictional one.
KW: Is there any question no one ever
asks you, that you wish someone would?
BZ: No, I’m good.
KW: The bookworm Troy Johnson ques-
tion: What was the last book you read?
BZ: A little book by Christopher Hitchens
called “Mortality.” It’s a collection of all the
essays he wrote during his struggle with
cancer.
KW: What is your favorite dish to cook?
BZ: I like to make pizza.
KW: The Sanaa Lathan question: What
excites you?
BZ: Getting a hold of a really good
screenplay.
KW: Dante Lee, author of “Black Busi-
ness Secrets,” asks: What was the best busi-
ness decision you ever made, and what was
the worst?
BZ: My best business decision was to get
all my money out of the stock market. My
worst? I honestly don’t know how to answer
that one. I don’t think I’ve made a bad one
yet, other than something small. I’ve been
pretty fortunate in that regard.
KW: When you look in the mirror, what
do you see?
BZ: My father.
KW: If you could have one wish instantly
granted, what would that be for?
BZ: A thousand more wishes.
KW: The Judyth Piazza question: What
key quality do you believe all successful
people share?
BZ: A need to express themselves cre-
atively.
KW: The Tavis Smiley question: How do
you want to be remembered?
BZ: As a good father.
KW: Thanks again for the time, Bob, and
best of luck with the film.
BZ: Thanks Kam, I appreciate it.
Denzel Washington stars
in the movie Flight
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