United Talent Agency
also referred to as: uta
13 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 9, 2026 by Jeremy Zimmer · said 14 times in 2 episodes since 2026 · across every show →
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2026 14 mentions in 2 episodes 7 per episode
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Apr 9, 2026 positive
Zimmer: Firing toxic top performers always makes the organization stronger
“Very successful, very toxic personalities, and every time we ultimately made the decision to get rid of those toxic personalities, we got better. Now there was always a period of insecurity where we were concerned, like, oh my God, we're gonna lose all these c…”
Apr 9, 2026
Apr 9, 2026 neutral
Apr 9, 2026 neutral
Apr 9, 2026 neutral
Zimmer: Artists avoid negotiations so agents can absorb the conflict
“Usually when you're sitting in a room doing a deal, those people aren't in the room. They don't want to be in the room when you're doing their deal. They want to be out of the room being an artist and they want you in the room, you know, hurting and killing pe…”
Apr 9, 2026 positive
Zimmer: Modern agencies grew by building teams around multi-hyphenate talent
“It's, you know, the modern agency, the modern bigger agencies, it's not really that way because what you do is you build teams around your clients so that there's several people working for a client, and you rely on your other agents to be out in the marketpla…”
Apr 9, 2026 positive
Apr 9, 2026 neutral
Zimmer: UTA narrowly avoided a disastrous music agency acquisition before COVID-19
“Particularly right before the pandemic, we were trying to buy a very big agency, primarily because of its music business, and at the last minute, the seller couldn't control his colleagues, and the deal fell apart, and I was like, oh my god, I'm so embarrassed…”
Apr 9, 2026 negative
Apr 9, 2026 negative
Zimmer: I used to be sarcastic, hostile, and aggressive in deal negotiations
“I used to really get too riled up, you know, and I used to be, you know, I'd be tough on my colleagues and I'd be tough on the buyers and so, and I was just so, you know, I was sarcastic and nasty and like, you know, people would call and say, oh, we have this…”
Apr 9, 2026 neutral
Apr 9, 2026 negative
Zimmer: UTA canceled Oscar party to protest Trump travel ban
“We represented this, ah, boy, I'm embarrassed, I can't remember his name, a fantastic Iranian director who directed a movie called The Separation. And we represented him, and he was nominated for Academy Award, and this is in the first Trump presidency where h…”
Apr 9, 2026 neutral
Zimmer: Ari Emanuel and I alternately ignore each other at golf
“I mean, he does his thing. I do my thing. We see both members of the same golf course. We see each other there all the time. Sometimes we say hello to each other. Sometimes we ignore each other. I don't know what the reasoning is for when we ignore and when we…”