SM: What is your greatest accomplishment?
Juvonen: Keeping my head! Not one person makes a movie; it’s a group. I try to be fair. I hope to be grateful for everyone’s involvement and devotion. On a thirteen or fourteen hour day, you can’t phone in. You can’t have a bad day. You can have it, but you better snap out of it.

SM: We’re all only human. How do you put that mood behind you?
Juvonen: You’ve got to keep your sense of humor. You have to have, what I call, board vision. If you’re playing a game, like chess, you want to deal with the move at hand, but you also want to think about the four moves ahead and what the other player might do to try to win his game. I think it’s a matter of juggling and knowing you’ll solve it. It’s important to remember that we’re making a movie… for entertainment. However, I respect the investment that someone made. It’s not my money that I’m spending [on the film]. There’s a lot at stake. On the exact same coin, but the other side, it’s entertainment. My greatest drug is seven and a half to eight hours of sleep. That, and a lot of water.

SM: What can you suggest for those who want to become a producer?
Juvonen: Get into the industry… however you can. PA-ing [working as a production assistant] and interning is great. I loved interning. I did it when I was younger. Don’t come in saying, “I want to be a producer.” I love people who have goals, but I’ve run across a lot of young people lately who just have their eye on the top rung of the ladder. They don’t want to go through the steps of how to get there the right way. There are many people in this town who do not do the work; those who do, rise. It doesn’t go unnoticed. You’ve got to work hard. Get along with people because it’s a social industry. Be clever. Be creative. Think out of the box, but make sure the box is filled the way your boss wants it filled.