I dropped the script in the fireplace, called my agent and said, they can jail me, sue me, but I'm never acting again, unless I can do something worthwhile.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've been fired from a situational comedy with a script they wrote specifically for me because of my voice.
When I got the script for Memento, I read it and I got killed off on page one and I fired my agent.
My agent Sue realised after 'Cold Feet' that I could have spent the rest of my life doing similar roles. So she was instrumental in moving me away from that.
Not all television scripts are created equal. And the process is ridiculous. They send you a script and want you in the next morning. That's not how acting works. You can do anything to me as an actor; I'm a very resilient guy. Just don't rush me. If you ask me to do it immediately with no time to prepare, I know you have contempt for actors.
Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.
Some years ago, I fired my agent, Andrew Wylie, alias The Jackal. I want to stress this wasn't an amicable parting of the ways or a hankering on my part for fresh representation. I fired him because his agency wasn't doing enough for me.
My agents have me in the Actors' Protection Program. It seems to be working very well. Nobody can find me.
Howard Minsky had gotten the script to her agent prior to my involvement.
In 1998, the acting roles suddenly bottomed out. I was no longer getting scripts; even my agent stopped calling. When I finally got him on the phone to ask him what was going on, he paused, then said: 'Well, Christine, you're 45.' I got rid of him.
I got in touch with my agent and told him I wanted to start going out on things again.