Variety
2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 9, 2026 by Michael Ovitz · said 2 times in 1 episodes since 2026 · across every show →
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Aug 9, 2026
Ovitz mailed weekly CAA movie star signing announcements to rival agency partners
“Every time we signed a movie star, which was once a week, we took out a full red page ad in Variety. This is when there was no computers. People actually read and took out every Friday. Every time we signed a movie star, I took that ad, tore it, put it in an e…”
Aug 9, 2026
Ovitz: CAA once represented 46 of the top 50 box office filmmakers
“At one time, CAA representative of the top 50 grossing variety box office filmmakers, we had 46. 46. And I was upset, because I didn't have all of them. There were four I couldn't get, and it really upset me, and it gnawed at me my whole career there.”