Michael Eisner, every mention
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CAA (with Michael Ovitz) · Acquired
- ▶ 1:36:10 Michael Ovitz Thought about going into public service, not private service, and I was very friendly with Michael Eisner.
- ▶ 1:36:19 Michael Ovitz He was one of my closest friends.
- ▶ 1:36:22 Michael Ovitz He had a heart attack and a quadruple bypass.
- ▶ 1:38:22 Michael Ovitz And Michael was sick.
- ▶ 1:38:23 Michael Ovitz He wasn't supposed to work every day.
- ▶ 1:38:32 Michael Ovitz Because when I came over, I was working seven days a week, 14 hours a day, and he was supposed to work two days a week, and he started working a little harder and harder, and his doctor was telling him not to, and it just was very clear…
- ▶ 1:38:52 Michael Ovitz For whatever reason, I threatened him, which shouldn't have, because I didn't want his job.
- ▶ 1:39:30 Michael Ovitz It's all the same, except I'm doing it with smarter people, and I really enjoy it, but when I got to Disney, it was very clear there was a head-to-head conflict, and Michael undercut me every chance he could, and after a couple years,
- ▶ 1:53:23 Michael Ovitz I was closer to Frank Wells than Michael Eisner was.
- ▶ 1:53:35 Michael Ovitz So Wells and Eisner, Wells wanted me to come and be the third part of the trifecta, because that worked for him for 20 years.