Aaron Sorkin on Steve Jobs: You Could Do Ten Movies

The transcript discusses the potential for multiple movies about Steve Jobs, highlighting the unique perspectives each writer could bring. It recounts personal interactions with Jobs, including phone calls about writing on a Mac, a Pixar tour, and helping with a Stanford commencement address. The speaker reflects on the pressure of writing about Jobs, given his complex character and the strong feelings people have about him. The transcript also provides insights into other key figures in Jobs' life, such as Joanna Hoffman and John Sculley, and their dramatized conflicts in a movie setting.

Why does the narrator believe multiple movies can be made about Steve Jobs?

• Because movies about technology are popular.

• Because each writer would tell a different story.

• Because Steve Jobs had a long career.

• Because there is only one perspective on his life.

What was the reason for Steve Jobs' first phone call to the narrator?

• To offer a job at Apple.

• To discuss a new movie project.

• To invite the narrator to a conference.

• To thank the narrator for using a Mac.

How did the narrator contribute to Steve Jobs' Stanford commencement address?

• By delivering the speech.

• By suggesting new ideas.

• By fixing a few typos.

• By writing the entire speech.

Who was Joanna Hoffman in relation to Steve Jobs?

• A journalist covering Apple.

• His personal assistant.

• The head of marketing for the Mac team.

• A fellow co-founder of Apple.

What is John Sculley known for in the context of Steve Jobs' life?

• Being a co-founder of Pixar.

• Writing a biography about Jobs.

• Firing Steve Jobs from Apple.

• Designing the first iPhone.