film business
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I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't you?' The film business in general is using a model that is outdated and, worse than that, inefficient.
The blessing that this film business has given me is that when I walk into a school I automatically have everyone's attention. They want to hear what the guy from 'Con Air' and 'Desperado' has to say.
The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot be, a 25-year-old homosexual trying to make it in the British film business or the American film business or even the Italian film business. It just doesn't work and you're going to hit a brick wall at some point.
But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses.
Hollywood today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place in one box.
The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.