Michael Ovitz — American Businessman born on December 14, 1946,

Michael S. Ovitz is an American talent agent who co-founded Creative Artists Agency in 1975 and served as its chairman until 1995. Ovitz later served as President of the Walt Disney Company from October 1995 to January 1997... (wikipedia)

The human condition is not perfect. We are not perfect specimens, any of us. We're not robots.
I'm not good at being static. I have to be climbing a mountain.
Hollywood is a small, familial place. Everyone does business with everybody else. The same complications occur in investment banking.
A lot of drive is innate, self-perpetuated, reinforced energy. As a kid, I could always sell anything I could get my hands on - from newspapers to lemonade to 'TV Guide.' I knew how to make a presentation.
I learned my first lesson at the Walt Disney Company about not being able to trust my associates.