We said to ourselves, “As long as we’re breaking our butts, let’s go and do it for ourselves.” Then we found out that Mike Ovitz and Ron Meyer were talking about doing the same thing.

That is a key part of the DNA of CAA. No ego.

We always had a very low attrition rate.

Even though Mike and Ron wanted the final say on most things, my dad really spent the bulk of his time building the infrastructure of the agency.

He knew his place, but he became a big part of the culture there, because he made sure things were fair and honest. He was a man of his word and expected the same of others.

This started small, but we never stopped, and in the years to come, we wound up representing almost every major executive in the business. We never asked or received financial favors from them, but we certainly got our calls returned.

I’m not a writer and I’m not a painter, but I love artists, and I am blown away by how creative people come up

we were a group that worked together, that we weren’t just one agent with one client. That was our pitch.

was never great at discovering talent but knew how to take someone who had a good foundation to the next level.