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Michael Ovitz

👤 Speaker
1591 total appearances

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

We didn't have any ego about who handled who.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

We didn't have any ego about passing information.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

We didn't have any ego about anything because –

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

The clients were in the ego business, not us.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

They had egos, not on their own.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

It was imputed to them because they were movie stars.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

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

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I think as being an actor or a director or a writer, uh, writers are, it's a lonely sport.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

It's a lonely vocation.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

You're by yourself.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

Usually some have partners, most don't, and you got to create out of thin air.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

Um, I find artists in the same boat, painters, sculptors, they I'm, I'm wildly

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

impressed by the fact that they create things out of nothing.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I love it.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

That's why I love art.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

That they can create something that's either pleasing or challenging.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

Directors make 300 decisions a day.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

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.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

And you always read about mistakes in content.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

People love to catch it.