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Michael Ovitz Quotes
20 quotes from Michael Ovitz — Co-founder of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), which became the most powerful talent agency in Hollywood..
“If you aim at the target, you lose all your power. You have to hit through the target to really smash it.”
“Mystique is ten times better than publicity; it's much better to be thought of as the great and powerful Oz than to be revealed as merely another schemer behind a curtain.”
“Nobody wants to be treated as just what they are. Everyone wants to feel encouraged to become even more than they are—to become the best version of themselves.”
“Nothing in Hollywood is anything until it's something, and the only way to make it something is with a profound display of belief.”
“Don't ever think that what is, is—because it isn't. Never count on anybody or anything.”
“It's not about money. The money will flow. It's about power and influence.”
“The Internet is the greatest thing that ever happened to the entertainment industry.”
“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.”
“I'm not good at being static. I have to be climbing a mountain.”
“If you aim at the target, you lose all your power. You have to hit through the target to really smash it.”
“Mystique is ten times better than publicity; it's much better to be thought of as the great and powerful Oz than to be revealed as merely another schemer behind a curtain.”
“Nobody wants to be treated as just what they are. Everyone wants to feel encouraged to become even more than they are—to become the best version of themselves.”
“Nothing in Hollywood is anything until it's something, and the only way to make it something is with a profound display of belief.”
“Don't ever think that what is, is—because it isn't. Never count on anybody or anything.”
“It's not about money. The money will flow. It's about power and influence.”
“The unknown is always interesting.”
“The Internet is the greatest thing that ever happened to the entertainment industry.”
“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.”
“I'm not good at being static. I have to be climbing a mountain.”
“I learned my first lesson at the Walt Disney Company about not being able to trust my associates.”