????最新一期《財富》（Fortune）雜志刊登了關于大衛?格芬的詳實報道，從多個角度描繪了這一時代好萊塢最具影響力的人。格芬做過經紀人、經理、唱片界大佬、電影和百老匯的制片人，還共同創立了一家電影制作公司，他的藝術直覺和財務敏銳度無人能及。

????現年70歲的格芬很少接受深入采訪，但今年春夏之交在接受《財富》雜志記者大衛?A?凱普蘭多次問答式采訪時，這位傳媒界大亨坦率地談到了克林頓夫婦、史蒂夫?喬布斯、個人幾十億美元的藝術品收藏和大游艇、他離開夢工廠（DreamWorks）的緣由、他之所以不愿簽署“贈與誓言”（Giving Pledge）的原因、成為同性戀者的成長經歷、以及擁有一首知名歌曲以自己為原型是什么樣的情形。

????格芬談到了他初涉好萊塢時一些不誠信的經歷。他回憶到在接受Ashley-Famous經紀公司應聘面試時，阿爾?阿什利批評他在個人簡歷中承認自己沒有大學學歷的做法。“你應當撒個謊！這樣的簡歷，誰會聘用你？”阿什利說。格芬沒有得到那份工作。后來，當他到威廉?莫里斯(William Morris)應聘時，他不能免俗地撒了個謊，自稱畢業于加州大學洛杉磯分校（UCLA）。結果上班第一天，他就得知有人因為簡歷造假剛剛被解雇。“因此，我連續半年每天都早到公司，直到有一天我截獲了一封發自UCLA的信，聲稱從未聽說過我這個人。”格芬告訴《財富》雜志說：“我用一封表示我已畢業的信件替換了那封信。”對于說謊，他說，“你看，我可不是什么好榜樣...但要做經紀人，必須大學畢業，這種想法很荒唐...我通過撒謊獲得那份工作，這有問題嗎？一點也沒有。”

????他說，他在這家知名經紀公司學到的重要一課是：“我在威廉?莫里斯悟到的一點是：“他們在電話上一派胡言！我也能在電話上一派胡言！”

????格芬還向《財富》雜志透露，知名歌手喬尼?米切爾的歌曲《自由人在巴黎》（Free Man in Paris）里有一句歌詞“我販賣夢想者和在電話里大喊大叫的人”,說的就是他。

????他還談到了他與已故蘋果公司創始人史蒂夫?喬布斯的交情。他說，他們對待財富有不同的態度：“喬布斯和我在這方面不像，”格芬說。“他不在乎錢，我很在乎錢。那時,我就想要有很多很多的錢。我想金錢會改變我的生活，事實也的確如此，但不是以我預想的方式。”格芬透露稱，他擁有近10億美元的蘋果（Apple）股票，很看好這家公司。

????格芬稱，他沒有加入沃倫?巴菲特和比爾?蓋茨的“贈與誓言”行動，因為他反對這個理念。“這是嘩眾取寵，”他告訴《財富》雜志稱，“你只是說你將來會這么做。這里不存在法律責任。我認識的一些人簽署了這份協議，他們中間不止一個人告訴我：“你實際上并不需要付出什么，但形象會更好。”

????他甚至回答了他是否會在2016年大選中支持希拉里?克林頓。他說：“肯定支持。”

????《大衛?格芬實話實說》（David Geffen Unplugged）這篇報道還原了這位美國娛樂界大亨的真實面貌。（財富中文網）

????In its new issue, Fortune talks at length to David Geffen, the most powerful man in Hollywood for a generation. Peerless in his ability to merge artistic and financial instincts, Geffen has been agent; manager; record-industry mogul; movie and Broadway producer; and co-founder of a film studio.

????The 70-year-old Geffen rarely gives in-depth interviews, but in a Fortune Q+A conducted over many sessions this spring and summer with David A. Kaplan, the mogul opened up about the Clintons, Steve Jobs, his multi-billion-dollar art collection, big yachts, why he left DreamWorks (DWA), why he won't sign the Giving Pledge, growing up gay, and what it's like to have a celebrated song written about yourself.

????Geffen talks about his first experience with Hollywood's less-than-honest ways. He recalls how, after he got a job interview at Ashley-Famous agency, Al Ashley chastised him for admitting on his resume that he didn't go to college. "You should've lied! Who would hire you with this resume?" Ashley said. Geffen didn't get the job. But when he later applied to William Morris, he dutifully lied and said he graduated from UCLA. But on day one, he learned that someone else had just gotten fired for lying about his resume. "So I came in early every day for six months till I intercepted the letter from UCLA saying they'd never heard of me," Geffen tells Fortune. "I replaced it with a letter that said I'd graduated." On lying, he says, "Look, I'm not setting an example ... But it's an idiotic thing that you have to be a college graduate to be an agent ... Did I have a problem with lying to get the job? None whatsoever."

????He says he learned an important lesson while at the prestigious agency: "The epiphany for me at William Morris was realizing, "They bullshit on the phone! I can bullshit on the phone too!"

????Geffen admits to Fortune that the Joni Mitchell song "Free Man in Paris" -- whose lyrics include "I deal in dreamers and telephone screamers" -- was about him.

????Geffen also discusses his relationship with the late Steve Jobs. He notes that they had different attitudes about wealth: "Jobs and I are not similar in that regard," Geffen says. "He didn't give a shit about money, and I do give a shit about money. I wanted to have a lot of money. I thought it would change my life, which it did, but not in the ways I expected." Geffen reveals he has almost a billion dollars in Apple (AAPL) stock and is a believer in the company.

????Geffen says he did not join Warren Buffett and Bill Gates' Giving Pledge because he is against the idea. "It's grandstanding," he tells Fortune. "You're just saying you're going to do it. There's no legal obligation. I know more than one member of the club who's told me, "Well, you're not actually required to give anything away, but you look good."

????He even answers whether he'll support Hillary Clinton in 2016: "Absolutely," he says.

????"David Geffen Unplugged" is a revealing portrait of an American entertainment icon.