Amy Pascal on Sony Ouster: ‘I Should Have Gotten Fired Much Sooner’
Amid awards season recognition as a producer, Amy Pascal has admitted that her 2015 dismissal as co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment was probably merited.
Pascal made the remark Saturday at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills at the Producers Guild of America’s panel discussion featuring the nominees for its Darryl F. Zanuck Award. Pascal is the only producer nominated this year for two films — “Molly’s Game” and “The Post” — and was asked by PGA co-president Gary Lucchesi if she loves being a producer.
“I think I should have gotten fired much sooner,” she said in response, evoking laughter and applause from the capacity crowd.
Pascal stepped down in February, 2015, in the wake of the massive computer hack of Sony Pictures email system, and segued into a producing deal at the studio.
Pascal was asked by “The Big Sick” producer Barry Mendel about what she had learned as a producer since leaving Sony.
“I learned...
Pascal made the remark Saturday at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills at the Producers Guild of America’s panel discussion featuring the nominees for its Darryl F. Zanuck Award. Pascal is the only producer nominated this year for two films — “Molly’s Game” and “The Post” — and was asked by PGA co-president Gary Lucchesi if she loves being a producer.
“I think I should have gotten fired much sooner,” she said in response, evoking laughter and applause from the capacity crowd.
Pascal stepped down in February, 2015, in the wake of the massive computer hack of Sony Pictures email system, and segued into a producing deal at the studio.
Pascal was asked by “The Big Sick” producer Barry Mendel about what she had learned as a producer since leaving Sony.
“I learned...
- 20/1/2018
- de Dave McNary
- Variety - Film News
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