Michael Ovitz Quotes

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

I did loads of jobs all the way through college, just for a bit of money in my pocket. There were some tough jobs, but I was lucky enough I enjoyed doing them. It was okay.

I went to a state school in Christchurch, New Zealand, and then straight on to the University of Canterbury. But I worked part-time all the way through high school: first with a paper round, then at a fast-food outlet, a video store and a hardware store.

I worked in restaurants, bars, record stores; I did anything and everything to pay my way through university and LAMDA.

I went to college at QUT: Queensland University of Technology. I studied for a Bachelors in finance and acting.

I did 'The Karate Kid,' then I just went back to college. I didn't know how much money it made and I didn't have a publicist. I didn't have any sense of the business part of it.

In L.A., I live right across from Universal Studios.

My family took a vacation to Universal Studios when I was really young. Me and my brother Richard - who's also an actor - were both really intrigued by seeing the behind-the-scenes stuff of how films are made. We kind of begged our parents to get into acting.

I grew up in Florida and went to school there, and ended up going to University of Central Florida.

I went to USC. I wasn't a rich kid or anything like that, so I had to get a scholarship. Went to USC; my first year, I took 26 units, so I got to have a nickname. Everyone goes, 'There's 26.' So I had a nickname. Having a nickname is a good thing because then you start to get popular, and you keep that going.

I went to college at University of Tennessee.

Going to UCLA was probably one of the best decisions I've ever made.

I didn't just work at a hardware store. I went to college for a second, and I worked there on breaks or during the summer.

I went to uni, and I studied commerce on a scholarship, and that was crazy and wild in and of itself.

I did a lot of musicals when I was younger. And then I went to Northwestern University, and I did more musicals. I went on to do more work in Chicago, and then while I was in college, I got flown out to Los Angeles to do a screen test for 'Back to the Future.' When I got to Los Angeles, I was like, 'Hmmm, this is different.'

I had this scholarship, two pairs of tight jeans, and a couple of hundred extra dollars, and I showed up in Oregon and went to school there.

When I got to college I finally got a job.

When I was at university in Birmingham, I used to spend half my grant betting on horse racing. Seven terms out of nine, I made a profit.

I'm a businessman. I build things, create jobs - jobs that allow people to pay their mortgage, put food on the table, put their kids through college.

I worked for a Japanese company called K1 for a while.

I went out to California; I was pursuing my degree in genetic engineering and civil law at U.C. Berkeley, and I had to pay my way through school. I eventually got a scholarship, which was great, but in the beginning, it was very hard.

Both my children have degrees from UCLA.

When I was 18, graduating high school, I was going to the University of Missouri.

I worked to put myself through college.

Anyone who's been an usher knows it's a training in resilience. But you get such a film education. And the popcorn's free.