Peltz Quotes

#1. When I was going into acting, my mom said, "You can't let that faze you. And if it does faze you, if you start getting upset if people say no, that's it - pull the plug."

Nicola Peltz

#2. After Cadbury, the candy company, separated from Dr. Pepper, the soft drinks maker, Cadbury was able to substantially lower its debt load. The profits of Cadbury, the candy company, zoomed.

Nelson Peltz

#3. Sequestration, sequestation - however you pronounce that word - and gridlock aren't all that bad.

Nelson Peltz

#4. I believe in pay for performance.

Nelson Peltz

#5. If I'm on the board of any company where there's an offer that comes in, I want to negotiate.

Nelson Peltz

#6. I spent most of my career operating businesses and fixing businesses, not staring at a Bloomberg screen.

Nelson Peltz

#7. I personally love heights and roller coasters, I'm such an adrenaline junkie.

Nicola Peltz

#8. My role is Katara: in 'The Last Airbender,' I'm a water bender from the southern water tribe, and my character is really strong but also loving.

Nicola Peltz

#9. My friends ask me for advice about guys, because I have so many brothers and I see what guys go through.

Nicola Peltz

#10. Rupert Murdoch is a good friend of mine.

Nelson Peltz

#11. Sometimes it takes longer to create value, but if the companies generate more earnings, the stocks will ultimately reflect that.

Nelson Peltz

#12. When I was 12, I got a manager, but my mom was against it. It took a lot of convincing. But when I got a job at Manhattan Theatre Club, I think she saw how passionate I was about it and that I worked really hard - and now she's super supportive.

Nicola Peltz

#13. I have friends, and being with them is enough for me. I don't need to do something crazy.

Nicola Peltz

#14. I'm willing to have two directors on the DuPont board, me being one of them.

Nelson Peltz

#15. It appears that PepsiCo views structural change as a sign of weakness, an admission of failure, and an untenable break with past traditions.

Nelson Peltz

#16. Before, Tiffany sold watches only in its own stores. Now, Tiffany watches are sold in 1,500 stores.

Nelson Peltz

#17. You know what term you don't hear anymore? Arbitrage. The markets have gotten too efficient.

Nelson Peltz

#18. The activists play the balance sheet by selling a division to buy back stock and leveraging the balance sheet and buying back more stock.

Nelson Peltz

#19. Legg Mason's structure is misunderstood by the market. Legg Mason has an affiliate model. They own 100% of their affiliates, which are investment managers such as Permal, Western Asset Management, and Royce.

Nelson Peltz

#20. I have six brothers and one sister. I grew up playing ice hockey, a total tomboy, and that's what I thought I was going to do - be an ice-hockey player.

Nicola Peltz

#21. I try to figure out the marketing puzzle.

Nelson Peltz

#22. You must make some decisions Wall Street dislikes.

Nelson Peltz

#23. My kids are exhausted every day, and I keep them that way. It's gym, ice, homework. They're too tired to get in trouble.

Nelson Peltz

#24. I understood the power of Heinz since I was a kid, and I started to work for my father selling food to restaurants.

Nelson Peltz

#25. I'll always be the baby in the family. I'm the youngest sister, but growing up with so many boys, it makes you tough. You get teased. There's no tiptoeing around each other. You say it the way it is; you're honest.

Nicola Peltz

#26. I don't mind anybody coming after me as long as they're coming with facts.

Nelson Peltz

#27. I have six brothers and one sister, and I was an ice hockey player when I was younger. I think my dad thought I was going to be in the women's league for ice hockey. But, I totally fell in love with drama in grade school, and I asked my mom if I could get involved with it.

Nicola Peltz

#28. I saw 'Paranormal Activity' on Halloween with all my friends. It scared me, but it was so much fun.

Nicola Peltz

#29. When you have your passion, you never even think about other things. It's tunnel vision. You go until you get it.

Nicola Peltz

#30. The name 'Mondelez' I hate. It sounds like a disease.

Nelson Peltz

#31. There's just this stage in a guy's life where they need to be free and have fun and just be independent and enjoy their life.

Nicola Peltz