- Nov 07, 2020
Business Quotes
On risk, reinvention and the realities of business.
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- Cool Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Above all, film is a business... Independence is a really cool thing as you can be a bit more bold, and take a few more chances with what you do.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad's a lighting director. Growing up in Hollywood, I was around the entertainment industry all the time. I knew I'd end up in show business in some capacity, eventually.
- Sex
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this business. You're merchandised, you're a product. You're sold and it's based on sex. But that's okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded.
- Befuddled
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been in this business for years and I'm still befuddled by the ways of this town.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look at growth, look at how much time people spend on the Net and look at the variety of things that they are doing. It's all really good, so I am actually encouraged by the fundamentals that underlie usage growth on the Net.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
Regulation is strangling businesses of all sizes in California, and we've got to streamline regulation so it's easy, not hard, to do business.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can put our head in the sand and continue to lose jobs overseas and to other states, or we can say, 'You know what? We are not going to lose another job from California, and we're going to be the very best place to start and grow a business.' So I'll be the chief sales officer for California businesses.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have run large organizations, I know what it takes to create a healthy business climate, and I have more experience than Jerry Brown doing that. So it'll be a stark contrast, a career politician vs. someone who has met a payroll, gotten a return on investment, knows how to use technology to do more with less.
- Politicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the past 32 years, I've done nothing outside the entertainment business. I've had some real highs and some real lows, but I love the work so much that I never once thought of quitting.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The film business, for me, has been great, but the music business, we've always been on the outside looking in.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents come from that immigrant culture that places a lot of emphasis on doing well scholastically. Being a comedian or an actor is such an American thing. The Iranian culture is not about dreaming. It's about taking over your father's business, falling into line.
- Secure
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- Nov 07, 2020