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
It's not a very big thing to say, 'I made a mistake' on the war, and typical of Hillary Clinton that she can't,
Most of the artists were trying to make a living, trying to get laid, trying to figure out who they were. They weren't trying to change the world. That's what other people put on them. I knew all those people. I knew them all, intimately and well. Bob Dylan. I would say that Bob Dylan is as interested in money as any person I've known in my life. That's just the truth.
HIV infection and AIDS is growing - but so too is public apathy. We have already lost too many friends and colleagues.
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.
The concept known as bal tashchit--'Do no destroy'--has a special significance in Jewish tradition...We are constantly being warned in our faith that the capricious, thoughtless, wasteful destruction of the elements and creatures of the earth is wrong...We should remind ourselves daily of our responsibility to all aspects of creation.
The opportunity for an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch today is abysmal.
Everybody in politics lies.
I just needed a job. Before being hired as an usher at the CBS Theater, I didn't even know there was a show business.
It's very easy for me to thank everyone for the incredible contribution they've made to my life.
Move to California. Malibu is paradise.
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.
Though we had agreed on terms, GE reneged on that deal.
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!
When they tried to change the price we decided not to go forward.