4 Industry Standards

“Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.”

—BETTE DAVIS as Margo Channing, All About Eve

 

“The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know.”

—BRIAN DE PALMA

 

“Today it’s a dicey proposition at best for an unknown screenwriter to attempt to get talent attached in the hopes it will move the needle for their project. We live in a perpetual state of heightened security, one that frowns heavily on sending anything unsolicited to anyone, let alone in-demand Hollywood talent. Even attempting to send a star something these days can end you up with a restraining order, or worse, as a footnote on TMZ for stalking such-and-such movie star/rock ...

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