David Geffen
David Geffen
David Lawrence Geffen is an American business magnate, producer, film studio executive, and philanthropist. Geffen created or co-created Asylum Records in 1970, Geffen Records in 1980, DGC Records in 1990, and DreamWorks SKG in 1994. His donations to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and other educational and research donations have widened his fame beyond the entertainment industry...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth21 February 1943
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
David Geffen quotes about
Everybody in politics lies.
In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I don't want to be a tennis player.
Everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease, it's troubling.
We had hoped to be able to make enough films to be able to rationalize the cost of being our own distributor. Sadly, we were never able to make enough films to make that economically sound.
We had come to terms with them on price, and there were a million things that needed to be settled.
having his own company and doing things exactly the way he'd want and not consulting with others.
People, when they get to that level, they always think they can do it better, ... I think I could do a lot better with the L.A. Times too.
When they tried to change the price we decided not to go forward.
It's the perfect definition of a settlement. Both parties didn't get what they wanted.
I just needed a job. Before being hired as an usher at the CBS Theatre, I didn't even know there was a show business!
Happy is harder than money. Anybody who thinks money will make you happy hasn't got money.
The opportunity for an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch today is abysmal.
Move to California. Malibu is paradise.
It's very easy for me to thank everyone for the incredible contribution they've made to my life.