Michael Ovitz Quotations

He did walk behind me, ... But it wasn't a shovel he was carrying. It was a knife.

I think I just made the biggest mistake of my career.

My whole life has been about risk and reward.

I'm not one to speak about myself. I like to speak about the people around me.

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.

I'm not good at being static. I have to be climbing a mountain.

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.