It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity.

The model today is that as much as 70 percent of the financing of the picture would come from overseas. Now we're beginning to run out of suckers, because there are not that many people overseas who are willing to put up more than half the money for a movie.

Most movie-goers are overdosing on star coverage; it's the ultimate example of too much information.

That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises.

It really hasn't been demonstrated at any level by any major corporation that it can nurture what is euphemistically called creativity.

Do your homework and stand your ground.

It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity.