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I might like somebody, and have to go interview somebody that hates them, but I still have to be fair.

If haters or whatever want to find you - I mean, some of them are so tenacious. You want to hire them to work for you. They're very, very savvy in terms of how they find you and get to you.

I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past.

I've had to listen to candidates tell me they are the most wonderful thing since the invention of sliced bread, and it bores me to death. It also makes me doubt that they are actually any good at all - plus it's an attitude that would never fly in the culture I've created in my company.

Some people seem to sort of have a gut for hiring. I literally had a gut that was exactly the opposite. So whenever I thought someone would be great, it was sort of the opposite.

I have a tendency to hire people who tend to be unattractive to the studios. Maybe this is a bad idea.

If you don't like or care about your job, what's the big deal?

If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don't particularly like.

I don't want to be in boardrooms talking about hiring hairdressers and minivans. I'm not good at it, and I don't like to hire and fire people. I hate that. It's horrible.

It's great to work with people that you like, any job, no matter what you do.