When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (873 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B003FX6INM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 228 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly Hollywood power player Weintraub, now 72, is always in control and goes to great lengths to prove it: besides having managed musical legends like Presley, Sinatra and John Denver ("I cooked him from scratch"), Weintraub once closed a deal by faking a heart attack, and won the respect of one of Chicago's most powerful men, Arthur Wirtz, when he cursed Wirtz out for making him wait (Wirtz would go on to become one of Weintraub's mentors). . As Weintraub repeatedly states
KingKongKdub said Interesting read.. A very interesting read, and I liked it. Its something when you find you don't identify with someone nor feel inclined to like them very much, yet still take a profound interest in their story. Truly you'll either like Jerry or hate 'em, regardless there's a great story i. One of the best stories on ground up development of a business and One of the best stories on ground up development of a business and networking empire that I've ever read. Jerry brings a candid and unselfish history of, what many of us know, his rise to becoming one of the most influential talent agents in the entertainment world. if yo. "This is a great book and I now consider Jerry a dear friend" according to Anonymously. This is a great book and I now consider Jerry a dear friend. Reading this autobiography is like watching a guy falling up the stairs of success and having a great time doing it. Jerry just starts talking and he doesn't know what he's going to say or where it's going, just
Along the way, we'll watch as Jerry moves from the poker tables of Palm Springs (the games went on for days), to the power rooms of Hollywood, to the halls of the White House, to Red Square in Moscow and the Great Palace in Beijing-all the while counseling potentates, poets, and kings, with clients and confidants like George Clooney, Bruce Willis, George H. "I wanted to set the world under a marquee that read: 'Jerry Weintraub Presents.'" In WHEN I STOP TALKING, YOU'LL KNOW I'M DEAD, we follow Weintraub from his first great success at age twenty-six with Elvis Presley, whom he took on the road with the help of Colonel Tom Parker; to the immortal days with Si