“I literally decided I'm going to stay in the room. And I took on the role of the gorilla… I laid on the floor, put my arms out, and I said, you're going to let this gorilla die.”

Tony Robbins Podcast Daily · Peter Guber and Tony Robbins: Story is an Interaction

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Stayed in the meeting room, lay on the floor, and physically embodied the “gorilla” to create emotional pressure on the Warner Bros. chairman until he agreed to green-light the film

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