American - Businessman | December 14, 1946 -
The human condition is not perfect. We are not perfect specimens, any of us. We're not robots.
Michael Ovitz
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I must say that in my early years, I was incredibly aggressive. I was working as hard as I could to build a business, to try to dominate a business. And I probably irritated a lot of people.
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When I get on a plane, I don't want a laid-back pilot. I want a pilot who is a control freak, who is paying attention to every single detail of his job.
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All of us are probably three people. We're probably the person that we think we are, and we're probably the person that you or somebody else perceives us to be, and... frankly, we're probably somewhere in the middle. And I think that it's important that there be a balance with respect to how individuals are - you know, are looked at.
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Hollywood is a small, familial place. Everyone does business with everybody else. The same complications occur in investment banking.
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I have never run a public company. I spent my entire life working for a private company.
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I learned my first lesson at the Walt Disney Company about not being able to trust my associates.
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I'm not good at being static. I have to be climbing a mountain.
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My whole life has been about risk and reward.
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A lot of drive is innate, self-perpetuated, reinforced energy. As a kid, I could always sell anything I could get my hands on - from newspapers to lemonade to 'TV Guide.' I knew how to make a presentation.
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I've always made my decisions based on two factors: intellectual analysis and my gut. And when they meet, that's a go from me. That's when I see the goal.
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Football is the No. 1 sport in America.
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