It's All Lies and That's the Truth: and 49 More Rules from 50 Years of Trying to Make a Living in Hollywood

An uncommon collection of common sense, The Little Stuff Matters Most delivers the hard and fast lessons of Bernie Brillstein’s unparalleled business experience in fifty pithy, wise, witty, and completely entertaining essays. Brillstein, whose name is synonymous with some of the highest-profile Hollywood careers, shares these invaluable lessons in the clever, unfailingly honest, and inimitable tone for which he is known and loved. This little package is packed with big truths for getting ahead in business and in life, from how to get your boss’s job to the art of making a deal. Other memorable tips include:
o Know the difference between “hot” and “good”
o Don’t talk behind someone’s back in front of them
o Only doctors and hookers need pagers
o Don’t pet the snakes
o Have an opinion, even it it’s wrong
o It’s all lies, and that’s the truth
o When your time has come, success will find you
o The stomachache—and other gastrointestinal warnings

Each of the book’s fifty “Bernie-isms” is followed by refreshing commentary, peppered with colorful tales from Bernie’s career and clever drawings by acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist David Sipress. This book is the next- best thing to having your own personal manager on call 24/7—without having to fork over fifteen percent of your paycheck. The Little Stuff Matters Most puts both wit and wisdom in your pocket.