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No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

#36: Naomi Watts, Lisa Rubin, Liza Chasin: The women behind Netflix's 'Gypsy'

No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

ABC News

Business, Careers

4.7703 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Two-time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts stars in the new Netflix series 'Gypsy'. It is produced by Liza Chasin, who is the president of US Production at Working Title Films. 'Gypsy' was created, executive produced and written by Lisa Rubin. These three women are powerhouses in the entertainment industry in their own right.  In this episode, they talk about how their careers began and the importance of creating more dynamic female characters. Follow Naomi Watts on Instagram: @NaomiWatts Follow Lisa Rubin on Instagram: @rubin.lisa Follow Lisa Rubin on Twitter: @lnr516 Follow Working Title Films on Twitter: @Working_Title Gypsy Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y67_16zSMwk No Limits Entrepreneur of the week: Carolyn McRae, Founder of The Silver Post Learn more about The Silver Post: https://thesilverpost.com/ Instagram: @thesilverpost Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesilverpost/ Want to be featured as a No Limits entrepreneur? Send us your nominations to [email protected] * ABOUT REBECCA JARVIS:  Rebecca Jarvis is the Chief Business, Technology and Economics correspondent for ABC News. She is also the Host, Creator, and Managing Editor of Real Biz with Rebecca Jarvis and this podcast, No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis. Like Rebecca on Facebook: Facebook.com/RebeccaJarvis Follow Rebecca on Instagram: @RebeccaJarvis Follow Rebecca on Twitter:  @RebeccaJarvis Follow Rebecca on Snapchat: RebeccaJarvis Like what we're doing? Leave a review! ----> http://bit.ly/2ks4f90 * DISCOVER MORE PODCASTS:  http://www.abcnewspodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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0:00.0

I think you get so trained to think, oh, what do they want me to say? Who do they want me to be in order to win some situation over or some people over? And so you actually forget what it is that you really want.

0:14.2

Welcome to No Limits. I'm Rebecca Jarvis. Each week, we're talking to women playing at the top of their game.

0:24.1

So how are they doing it?

0:26.4

Whether you're looking for answers or you just want to hear a good story, you're in the right place.

0:36.5

I'm here with three incredible women.

0:39.5

And by the way, this is the first time we've ever had three guests here, all at once,

0:43.7

which already the conversation that started before we started rolling here was fantastic.

0:49.6

So I'm really excited about this.

0:51.3

Naomi Watts, the star of Gypsy, Lisa Rubin, the creator, writer,

0:56.1

and executive producer of Gypsy, and Liza Chason, the president of working title films and an executive

1:01.5

producer of Gypsy. First off, welcome to No Limits. Thanks for having us. Lisa, you're the creator.

1:08.4

This was one of your first major projects. And to bring the whole thing

1:13.1

together on Netflix must have been a massive feat. Yes. I mean, we built, I mean, the whole process

1:19.5

is like still kind of surreal to me, but I think it was like we built such an amazing team.

1:25.0

And I mean, I'm so proud of how many women are involved in the show on screen and off screen.

1:29.2

It's like a point of personal pride and also just, I think, makes everything sort of better.

1:34.7

I think that, you know, there's an authenticity to the project that was really important to me.

1:39.0

And, and yeah, I feel like every step of the way, it like came closer and closer to being real.

1:45.3

And like, all I wanted was be able to tell this story.

1:48.2

Anyone who knows me knows how passionate I am about the show and and flawed, strong women.

1:53.3

And being able to see that depicted so that we're not just cycling the same stories over and over.

1:58.8

And, you know, with the help of so many people, both of these women

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