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Ovitz claims CAA never lost a single client during his entire tenure
“In the years I was at CA, we never lost a client, and the reason was if they tired of one person, they'd go to the next, but everyone was up to speed.”
Ovitz: 1970s Hollywood agents fabricated answers over half the time
“When I started CA in seven day four, it became very clear to me that lying was a industrial problem in the entertainment business. Everybody didn't tell the truth. One of the reasons they did not tell the truth is since they didn't know the term knowledge is p…”
Ovitz: CAA recruited roughly 80% of executives internally or from standout competitors
“Matter of fact, we recruited, I'd say, 80% of our executives like that. We either groom inside or recruited them from the competition because they had our standards and they were at the wrong place in our mind.”
Ovitz: CAA banned internal political discussions during meetings to protect clients
“I didn't even allow political discussions to take place in meetings. I didn't want to get involved with our clients' politics.”
Ovitz: CAA agents were required to answer colleagues before clients or buyers
“Our inner office rule was you had to answer your associates first before the clients, before the buyers.”
Ovitz: CAA financially supported early executive allies who fell on hard times
“You know, at CA we kept a list of every single executive That helped us in the first three or five years that then had trouble, and we got everyone a job, and if we couldn't get them a job, we made sure they had money. Because they helped us when we had nothin…”
Ovitz: CAA ran out of money and was sued in week three
“We ran out of money the third week we were in business, and we got sued by our former employer, and we didn't even have money to defend ourselves.”