Telling Jim no—especially when he was excited by an idea or project—was never an easy task. Over the years, only a few friends, acquaintances, and employees would ever really learn how to gently and diplomatically tell Jim if something was a bad idea or couldn’t be done. One of those who could, and did, was Frank Oz, who left diplomacy at the door when it came to giving Jim his opinion. “I’d say to him, ‘this doesn’t fucking work!’ ” Oz said, laughing.
