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...your blockbuster season on May 1, don't be surprised if it ends on Aug. 1 - right now. This defies business logic, since in most parts of the country, school's out and kids have nothing to do but see movies for another five weeks. It's as if Hollywood has programmed its summer fare for the farm states...
...times you hear about producers interfering in a director's vision for a film. Why do producers get such a bad rap in Hollywood? Brent Kossina, ORLANDO...
...course. Every writer in Hollywood started by writing a screenplay and getting recognition. If the movie didn't get made, it at least got noticed by somebody--a producer or an agent. If someone is prolific and keeps working at it, they're going to do it. You've just got to keep writing. I'm sure we could show you instances of very famous screenwriters whose first screenplay wasn't very good. They just kept...
...minute video interview that I promised TIME.com turns into Apatow taking my camera, directing me for 15 minutes and editing it himself. It's not entirely surprising - after all, I'm lazy - but it helps explain how Apatow has become the most influential person making comedy in Hollywood. Partly it's that he's funny. But mostly it's that talent is far less important to him than hard work. We like to think of comedians as people who throw out quips from behind a martini (Dorothy Parker) or a bong (Tommy Chong). But if Horatio Alger had written tales...
Needless to say, my Angels experience felt like a Hollywood script...