Michael Ovitz
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We didn't have any ego about who handled who.
We didn't have any ego about passing information.
We didn't have any ego about anything because –
The clients were in the ego business, not us.
They had egos, not on their own.
It was imputed to them because they were movie stars.
And I think they have, I think one of the most difficult things in the world to do besides being a physicist or a brain surgeon or any kind of surgeon
I think as being an actor or a director or a writer, uh, writers are, it's a lonely sport.
It's a lonely vocation.
You're by yourself.
Usually some have partners, most don't, and you got to create out of thin air.
Um, I find artists in the same boat, painters, sculptors, they I'm, I'm wildly
impressed by the fact that they create things out of nothing.
I love it.
That's why I love art.
That they can create something that's either pleasing or challenging.
Directors make 300 decisions a day.
And just little things like if the glass on the table's in the wrong place for the second shot, your mistake is noted for posterity.
And you always read about mistakes in content.
People love to catch it.