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Published · transcript-backedMichael Ovitz: preference
21 Dec 2021 Acquired CAA (with Michael Ovitz)
“We were his worst nightmare because we created MCA on steroids, and we would never sell any idea or client unpackaged or naked to a studio ever.”
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- Speaker
- Michael Ovitz
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- preference
- Recorded
- 21 Dec 2021
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- CAA (with Michael Ovitz)
Transcript context
…Why would he do that? If it's true, it makes a lot of sense because it's brilliant. What Lew didn't want was MCA to stay together as an agency and leverage him at Universal. By breaking up MCA, that whole company went into a group of tiny agencies, none of which could give him a problem until we came along. We were his worst nightmare because we created MCA on steroids, and we would never sell any idea or client unpackaged or naked to a studio ever. Anything we did was pre-packaged where we controlled all the elements and our clients controlled their own destiny. By controlled all the elements you mean the script, the director, the stars?…
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