Sometimes I would ask him how he could be involved with such a lousy film and he would say, “We don’t smell them, we just sell them.” But there were times when I would ask, “How’s this movie?” and he would be really honest about whether it was good or not, and he had a pretty good track record—rare for many people, agents included. Here is another point. After I saw a movie on which he gave a review, I almost always agreed with his take. That was important, because later on, when I was going to hire him, I felt like I could trust his taste. But while he was at CAA, I always knew I was the
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About Michael Ovitz
