Before you approach a production entity or even a potential producer, you should write up a treatment and register your show with the Writers Guild of America.
Penelope SpheerisDecline III, I funded myself, from the studio money. That, and I sold a lot of drugs. Kidding. Don't print that.
Penelope SpheerisThe first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political.
Penelope SpheerisMy mother was a barmaid and I was raised in a trailer park. I'm used to that language. I put it on the screen so that people could interpret it as they wish.
Penelope Spheeris