The Ledger
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Ovitz: Building a traditional movie star is no longer possible today
“The idea of building a movie star now is not possible.”
Ovitz: CAA could not have succeeded using a less aggressive approach
“Someone asked me the other day, do you think you could have done it differently in the day? And I don't think that we could have because we were in a cutthroat business to start with.”
Ovitz: Golden Age Hollywood moguls were far more ruthless than CAA
“If you go back to the moguls of the thirties, forties, and fifties, the mayors, the Thalbergs, the Harry Cones, the Jack Warners of Warner Brothers, William Fox, you know, founded Fox Studios. These guys were tough as nails. They took no prisoners. They made u…”
Ovitz: Streaming capital and direct distribution make this a golden age
“It's a great time to be a creative person, because we went from a dearth of money to more money than anyone needs, and a new form of distribution.”
Ovitz: CAA's culture ate Hollywood just like a16z's ate venture capital
“Our culture ate the entertainment business. It just did, and so did the Andreessen Horowitz culture.”
Ovitz: Steven Spielberg committed to direct Jurassic Park within 12 hours
“We give it to Steven Spielberg. He calls The next morning at six a.m. And says, I'm doing this after reading it. That's unheard of for a director of that stature to commit in 12 hours to it.”
Ovitz: Agenting is manipulating and forcing your will on someone else
“Agenting is, you know, it's manipulating, it's pushing, it's maneuvering, it's Trying to force your will on someone, that's agenting and it's a tough word and it's a tough mechanism.”
Ovitz: Under 25 companies controlled global media when CAA was founded
“Anything that you would read or see or hear was controlled by under 25 companies around the world. You had four television networks in the United States. You had seven motion picture studios that had all the distribution, and without that, you couldn't get you…”