My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money.
I think you judge your career by the scripts that are being sent your way.
Like everyone else, there are days when I don't want to go to work. However, writing is a job like anything else.
I try to look at the whole thing and say 'yes' to the projects that I cannot stop thinking about. If I read a script and the subject stays with me - then that's when I want to go to work.
I never turn down scripts without good reason. If I did, I would probably never work.
Writing scripts is a laborious job that can be a real pain.
If I didn't want to work for a couple of years, I wouldn't have to-it's a great feeling, to know I'm doing it because I want to do it.
Often jobs are un-turndownable even before you read the script. You go, 'Well, I have to do that.'
I'm reading scripts, desperately wanting to work. I've set a couple of things up for next year.
I just choose the scripts I want to work on. I don't know why. It's not something conscious or that I'm doing on purpose.