Barry Diller
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I didn't want to go to school.
I didn't want to go to college.
I didn't want to do much of anything.
I was hibernating for a good long time.
But I'd always had this interest in the entertainment, in the world of entertainment.
Most of my friend's parents were in the entertainment business in one form or the other.
And so I was just pulled by it.
It was a tractor beam that always drove me or intrigued me.
And when I finally thought, you know, I really am 19.
I want to go to school, but I got to do something.
I mean, I was basically staying up nights and sleeping most days.
I thought, well, you know, I would like to learn about the entertainment business.
And I thought there are these talent agencies, William Morris, probably at that time, the most famous number one agency.
And they had a mailroom where they...
so to speak, train people to be agents.
I didn't want to be an agent.
I thought I'd never be an agent.