Tommy Armour, who has been like a son to me. I love him. Some of my best times in life are on the golf course with him.
Jonathan Karp, Cary Goldstein, and the team at Twelve: For helping me share my journey with the world.
Jessica Goodman, Dan Fellman, and the rest of the team at Warner Bros., and of course Kim Pinkstaff, who help me get it done.
Diana Jenkins: When I met Diana she was in her thirties, very young and beautiful, and still, I felt as if I was meeting Auntie Mame. She is wonderful. I hope I know her forever.
Lisa G.: You know who you are, and you know how much I love you.
Of course I want to thank my brother, Melvyn; his wife, Linda; and their family: Abby, Matt, Sofia, Richard, Meredith, and Jack. My children: Michael and his wife, Maria; Julie; Jamie and her husband, Jacoby; and Jody. My grandchildren, all of whom have names that come right out of the Bible, just like they do: Sarah, Rachel, Joseph, and Ari. My nieces, Keira and Kyla, and their parents, Mitchell and Donna. I love you all, and I am proud of you. Every generation bigger and stronger than the last, that's what I say.
Actors I Have Worked With
Casey Affleck
Karen Allen
Dan Aykroyd
Kevin Bacon
Ellen Barkin
Kim Basinger
Ned Beatty
Ralph Bellamy
Joey Bishop
Karen Black
Ronee Blakley
Jim Broadbent
George Burns
James Caan
Scott Caan
Sid Caesar
Mickey Callan
Keith Carradine
Vincent Cassell
Jackie Chan
Kyle Chandler
Geraldine Chaplin
Chevy Chase
Don Cheadle
Michael Chiklis
Julie Christie
George Clooney
Robbie Coltrane
Sean Connery
Tom Courtenay
Tom Cruise
Timothy Daly
Matt Damon
Beverly D'Angelo
Tony Danza
John Denver
Michael Douglas
Charles Durning
Shelley Duvall
Bob Einstein
Ethan Embry
Peter Falk
Ralph Fiennes
Albert Finney
Josh Flitter
Andy Garcia
Teri Garr
Henry Gibson
Isabel Glasser
Scott Glenn
Jeff Goldblum
Elliott Gould
Steve Guttenberg
Gene Hackman
Thomas Hulce
Eddie Izzard
Eddie Jemison
Martin Kove
Shelley Long
Jon Lovitz
Bernie Mac
Ralph Macchio
Lee Majors
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita
Michael Murphy
Craig T. Nelson
Wayne Newton
Marisol Nichols
Al Pacino
Brad Pitt
Donald Pleasence
Shaobo Qin
Randy Quaid
Carl Reiner
Paul Reiser
Molly Ringwald
Emma Roberts
Eric Roberts
Julia Roberts
Mickey Rourke
Jaden Smith
Elisabeth Shue
Henry Silva
Paul Sorvino
Sylvester Stallone
Rod Steiger
Daniel Stern
Sharon Stone
George Strait
Barbra Streisand
Hilary Swank
Richard Thomas
Uma Thurman
Lily Tomlin
Susan Tyrell
Lesley Ann Warren
Bruce Willis
Oprah Winfrey
James Woods
Joanne Woodward
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Clients and People I Promoted in the Management
and Music Years
Paul Anka
Charles Aznavour
Shelley Berman
Joey Bishop
Pat Boone
Jackson Browne
Jimmy Buffett
George Burns
Harry Chapin
Eric Clapton
Joe Cocker
Alice Cooper
Charlie Daniels
Tony Danza
John Davidson
Mac Davis
John Denver
Neil Diamond
Bob Dylan
Dan Fogelberg
Peter Frampton
Connie Francis
Kinky Friedman
Jerry Garcia
Bobby Goldsboro
Dorothy Hamill
Uriah Heep
Florence Henderson
Don Imus
Waylon Jennings
Elton John
Shari Lewis & Lambchop
Gordon Lightfoot
Ed McMahon
Jimmy McNichols
Lee Majors
Barry Manilow
Bob Marley
Ian Matthews
Curtis Mayfield
Roger Miller
Joni Mitchell
Jane Morgan
Muppets
Michael Murphy
Wayne Newton
Ted Nugent
Robert Palmer
Tom Paxton
Robert Plant
Elvis Presley
Richard Pryor
Phil Ramone
Kenny Rogers
Mort Sahl
Boz Scaggs
Bob Seger
Frank Sinatra
Phoebe Snow
Rod Stewart
Steven Stills
Mary Travers
Frankie Valli
Sylvie Vartan
Joe Walsh
Barry White
Paul Williams
Edgar Winter
Chuck Woolery
Neil Young
Frank Zappa
Movies I Produced
1975 Nashville
1977 September 30, 1955
1977 Oh, God!
1980 Cruising
1981 All Night Long
1982 Diner
1984 The Karate Kid
1986 The Karate Kid, Part II
1987 Happy New Year
1988 My Stepmother Is an Alien
1989 The Karate Kid, Part III
1992 Pure Country
1994 The Specialist
1994 The Next Karate Kid
1997 Vegas Vacation
1998 The Avengers
1998 Soldier
2001 Ocean's Eleven
2004 Ocean's Twelve
2007 Ocean's Thirteen
2007 Nancy Drew
2010 The Karate Kid
Movies I Acted In
1993 The Firm, as Sonny Capps
1997 Vegas Vacation, as Jilly
2001 Ocean's Eleven, as High Roller
2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, as Larry Goldberg
2004 Full Frontal, as Jerry
2004 Ocean's Twelve, as American Businessman
2007 Ocean's Thirteen, as Denny Shields
Directors and Writers I've Worked With
Robert Altman
Paul W.S. Anderson
Paul Attanasio
John G. Avildsen
Richard Benjamin
James Bridges
Christopher Cain
Jeremiah S. Chechik
George Clooney
Avery Corman
Andrew Fleming
William Friedkin
Larry Gelbart
Ted Griffin
Robert Mark Kamen
Stephen Kessler
Brian Koppelman
Alex Kurtzman
Richard LaGravenese
David Levien
Barry Levinson
Luis Llosa
Doug McGrath
Don MacPherson
Aline Brosh McKenna
George Nolfi
Robert Orci
David Webb Peoples
Sydney Pollack
Billy Ray
Carl Reiner
Gary Ross
Michael Soccio
Steven Soderbergh
Stephen Sommers
Joan Tewkesbury
Harald Zwart
CURRICULUM VITAE, OR ATTEMPT AT SOME SUCH
Bands and Groups I Promoted
Aerosmith
The Allman Brothers
The Association
Atlanta Rhythm Section
Average White Band
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)
Bad Company
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
Blue Oyster Cult
The Carpenters
Chicago
The Commodores
The Doobie Brothers
The Eagles
Earth, Wind & Fire
Foreigner
The Four Seasons
Grand Funk Railroad
The Grateful Dead
Guess Who
Hall & Oates
Heart
The Hudson Brothers
The Isley Brothers
Jethro Tull
The Kinks
Kiss
Led Zeppelin
Little Feat
Lynard Skynard
Marshall Tucker Band
The Moody Blues
New Birth
Ohio Players
The Pointer Sisters
Queen
Quicksilver
Rare Earth
REO Speedwagon
Seals & Crofts
Sonny & Cher
Starland Vocal Band
Steely Dan
Steve Miller Band
Thin Lizzy
Three Dog Night
War
Wings
Wright & Palmer
ZZ Top
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
JERRY WEINTRAUB has spent more than five decades in show business, in the process earning a reputation as one of the savviest negotiators, smartest producers, and shrewdest film investors of our time. He has been praised and honored for his philanthropic work and, as UNICEF's Man of the Year, was presented with the organization's Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award.
RICH COHEN, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone, is the author of five books, including the bestsellers Tough Jews, The Avengers, and Israel Is Real. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, dog, and many masculine children.
