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I like the whole package to be good, It's a rarity that that happens, so I end up not working a lot.

The way deals are done, every idea is looked at 50 different ways. Now, the market continues to change all the time. And we are always looking at everything in evaluating how it fits with our strategy.

If I had accepted the offers to continue just for the sake of carrying on then it wouldn't have made me happy especially if it was just for money. Now I've got other projects to concentrate on.

Offers come all the time, but I'm pretty particular. I really have to be wowed by a character I encounter in a script, or a storyline. I really do need to feel inspiration, otherwise I'm just happy planting perennials and making goat cheese.

It typically takes multiple iterations and pivots to find product/market fit - the match between what you're building and who will buy it.

I have been offered a lot for my work, but never everything.

When you are truly interested in other people, you will learn what they are interested in and if they have a need for your product. If they like you, and most people like folks who take an interest in them, they'll help you find people who do need what you have to sell, even if they don't.

I've been making deals all my life.

I think each negotiation should be based on what's the best decision - taking everything into account, not taking one thing into account.

I've done a lot of deals, and I'm skilled at negotiating, managing personalities, and getting parties to the table.