Michael Ovitz

You know, first of all, I believe that all the publicity that I got, both good and bad, was nonsense.

Same people that said good things about me later would write bad things about me, and then they'd write good things and bad things.

None of it fazed me, frankly.

Did you read it?

Yeah, I read it, because I wanted to have context, but...

I thought these power lists that they developed in the entertainment business were just sheer nonsense because there's no such thing as power.

It doesn't exist.

And when people would say this one's the second most or the 10th most or you're the most powerful, it's all nonsense because

It's an ephemeral thing power, and it's fleeting, and it doesn't last.

And if you don't believe that, take a look at anyone that's had it.

It's like a lease.

It has a closed end and never a good one.

So I never believed in it.

I believed in my family, which composed of my nuclear family, my three kids.

And my business family, that was my life.

I believed in that.

And I protected both with privacy.

We were very private at home.

There were no pictures of my kids anywhere.

I wouldn't allow pictures of them taken.