and brian grazer a surprise success. grazer had trouble reading as a boy. grandmother sonya didn't just see the ds and fs on his report card. >> she identified my strength which was to ask dig inside of subjects, dig inside of people. she told me that that would have a great value in my life. and it did. >> grandma sonya encouraged his curious mind. >> i think that we all absolutely have curiosity. it brings about knowledge. it's energizing. it's spiritually empowering. it makes us more interesting as people. >> which is why for 30 years now, brian grazer has written notes to famous strangers to ask them to have what he calls a curiosity conversation. he's talked to scientists politicians, artists and entrepreneurs, jonas salk oprah winfrey, steve jobs. his new book "a curious mind" published by cbs's simon and shoeser is less about the famous films he's made than conversations he sought. why did you write this book and not a memoir? >> i think writing a memoir in some way suggests that you figured out life. and i definitely didn't figure out life. but i th

brian grazer opens up about finding the gift of learning.moves have china's government seeing red. but this morning, a crackdown on dancing grannies. that's right. i said it. a crackdown on dancing grannies could be slipping through the cracks. >> what did you say? >> when you're walking over to grab your breakfast this morning and say, did norah just say dancing grannies? come back to the tv. let me see this. >> right now it's time to show yu some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. cbs washington shows us the first marijuana seed giveaway in d.c. yes, free seeds handed out by pro-pot organizers. 2,000 people signed up for the event. a ballot measure in november. buying and selling is still against the law. >>> britain's guardian says it will soon be the end of the road for "downt 0. n abbey." it's scheduled to air in the u.s. early next year. this past season drew an average audience of 10 million viewers in this country. >>> "the new york times" says actor jason alexander will replace larry david in his hit broadway show. al

. >>> brian grazer began his run 30 years ago.scott simon how he aernled hisearned his place in hollywood. >>> he had trouble reads. his grandmother didn't see just the ds and fs on hid credit card. >> she identified my strength to ask questions, dig inside subjects and dig inside people. she told me that would have a great value in my life and it did. >> his grandma encouraged his curious mind. >> i think that we all absolutely have curiosity. it brings about knowledge. it's energizing spiritually empowering, makes us more interesting as people. >> reporter: for 0 years brian grazer has written notes to ask them to what what he call as curiosity conversation. he's talked to scientists politicians, artist entrepreneur rifts, oprah winfrey, henry kissinger. his new book "a curious mind" published by simon and schuster is less about the people but what he saw. >> why did you decide to write a memoir? >> it's a way to figure out life. i thought the process of curiosity was really worth writing about. >> reporter: this weekday on sund