30 Quotes by Michael Ovitz

Hollywood is a small, familial place. Everyone does business with everybody else. The same complications occur in investment banking.

The Internet is the greatest thing that ever happened to the entertainment industry.

I learned my first lesson at the Walt Disney Company about not being able to trust my associates.

Football is the No. 1 sport in America.

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.

The unknown is always interesting.

The human condition is not perfect. We are not perfect specimens, any of us. We're not robots.

It’s not about money. The money will flow. It’s about power and influence.

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.