Ryan Kavanaugh Quotes

#1. Nobody has a crystal ball, and part of evolving a business plan is to say, 'I might have said we're going left, but I see the opportunity and we're going right.'

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#2. If you have a smartphone, you can give content to the world. The days of putting a movie in movie theaters because people don't have a choice is over.

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#3. Without audiences, artists would be doing something else, and their creative and technical skills would fall on absent eyes.

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#4. I don't care about awards. I want to make money. I want to own a business.

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#5. You look at any industry - you're not innovating unless people are questioning it. If you're innovating, you're doing something nobody's done before, which means you're re-writing rules, resetting boundaries, re-creating systems. And that means the traditional industry is going to question it.

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#6. Most of my ex-girlfriends are still close friends. I guess when you are with someone that long, unless they did something really terrible to you, you remain friends. My real estate business is run by my best friend, who is an ex-girlfriend.

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#7. Every movie is like a little company, and any little thing can make it not work.

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#8. Don't get stuck on a business plan just because it was your business plan.

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#9. You know, I think Chris Nolan is an incredibly intelligent filmmaker, and I think Leonardo DiCaprio is an incredibly talented actor.

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#10. The key is to embrace disruption and change early. Don't react to it decades later. You can't fight innovation.

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#11. I think about work 24 hours a day. But when you fly a helicopter, for that hour or two you can't think about anything else.

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#12. Never make too good of a deal. It sounds a little counterintuitive, but the deals that are too good of a deal for you in the long run will end up hurting you. A lot of people in our business don't realize that. They think their job is to go in a room and negotiate the highest price.

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#13. Israel is a wonderful place to be an artist - a place where imagination flourishes. Israeli culture is refreshingly avant garde - making films, music, performance art and visual art that continues to push the envelope, inspire and empower.

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#14. Whether it's running for president or trying to win an Oscar, campaigning is a must and relationships are a big part of that. It's about who you know to rally behind you.

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#15. To me, an Oscar movie has to have some type of emotional pull.

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#16. I definitely do want a family. The idea of being a father and providing the type of love, guidance and support that my parents have given me is definitely down the road.

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