Be it $15 million here and $11 million there, it takes hundreds of millions to be successful in this business.
This is not a business where you can hand off and run by remote control.
The reason is that they define how I have gone about my business. I have trusted to intuition. I did it at the beginning. I do it even now. I have no idea how things might turn out, where in my writing I might go next.
I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations.
Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret.
There were times when there were parts that I was sure I got and then I didn't, and I did get upset. But at this point, it doesn't affect me in the least because I know how the business works.
The higher Greek poetry did not make up fictitious plots; its business was to express the heroic saga, the myths.
All of us kids ended up 'doing Mom.' There are four of us who've tried show business. Five if you insist on counting my sister the nun, who does liturgical dance.
There was a time when the contractual relationship between the employer and the employee was supposed to be none of the public's business. That time has passed.
I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I've mostly been successful.
I took business classes as a back up but I made movies all the time. I would get my classes done in two days and then spend the rest of the time making my movies.
But you don't get into a business because of personal tastes.
I've never tried to learn the art of acting. I have been in the business for years but I still can't tell what acting is or how it's done.
Show business is just like high school, except you get paid.
I can still play this game at a high level; I've proven that. I want to be home. I want to be close to my family. I want to be close to my foundation and my business interests.