- Nov 07, 2020
Business Quotes
On risk, reinvention and the realities of business.
These quotes cover business from a few honest angles: the risk small operations take on hiring, breaking into an industry you weren't trained for, and how far an entire business can shift over the years. For more, see our Businessman quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
It can be hard in this business, especially when you're very young, to figure out who you can and can't trust.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm not working, I really have nothing to do with it - I'm not hanging out and mixing with film people. Not that I have anything against film people; they're some of the best people around and some of the worst people around, just like in any business... they just gesticulate a little bit more.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My brother is an agent, so he is in the business. Is he my agent? No, no, no. That would never work.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the entertainment business, the biggest gift you could ever get is not an Oscar, it's not a Grammy, it's longevity.
- Public Service
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up assuming that I would be in public service. I never planned to be in business.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've come across people who look smart in a suit who haven't really got a lot underneath. Football is an unforgiving business and you're easily found out if you're a bit of a fraud.
- Religions
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- Nov 07, 2020
I studied religions and all kinds of other things in college. I took a Shakespearean villain course for English literature. It was really intense. I think that sort of rounds a person. In this business, it's really important for us to be interesting... and have interests.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In this business, things go in waves, and I might make a record every three years. That's enough for me; that satisfies me. And it satisfies the so-called public, because they don't really need a record every year. They don't even want one.
- Meetings
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- Nov 07, 2020
I make decisions based on my work, not based on meetings with my business managers, who I don't like to meet.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A great idea can't succeed without a great operator. But rarely can a great operator squeak by with a bad idea. So, as pithy as it sounds to say 'It's all about the people,' I only invest when I think I have found the right team for the right business.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Shark Tank' has been a sincere joy. As our traditional venture-backed companies get bigger, the investing side tends to get more political and complicated. 'Shark Tank' takes me back to my early days working with ambitious founders in their earliest and scrappiest days. The show reminds me of what I deeply love about this business.
- Tough
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- Nov 07, 2020
Touring is a tough business.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020