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 SpheerisArnold and Jamie Lee must have worked over the years with directors that did 50 takes, because I'd get like three takes or so and say, Ok, that's it, we're done.
Penelope Spheeris