Hollywood is a small, familial place. Everyone does business with everybody else. The same complications occur in investment banking.

A lot of drive is innate, self-perpetuated, reinforced energy. As a kid, I could always sell anything I could get my hands on - from newspapers to lemonade to TV Guide. I knew how to make a presentation.

Football is the No. 1 sport in America.

The Internet is the greatest thing that ever happened to the entertainment industry.

When I get on a plane, I don't want a laid-back pilot. I want a pilot who is a control freak, who is paying attention to every single detail of his job.

Hollywood is a small, familial place. Everyone does business with everybody else. The same complications occur in investment banking.

I learned my first lesson at the Walt Disney Company about not being able to trust my associates.