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When you were under contract, you did what you were told to do.

Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.

I have a contract but it's not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It's our ongoing conversation.

Maybe I'm old-school, but I always thought you honor a contract.

You can't end negotiations unless you begin them. And you can't begin them if you continually negotiate about the terms to begin negotiations.

It took a long time to get out of my contract. The producers thought I was negotiating for more money.

My contract is just for this year, but I have an option for next year. It is not signed at this moment, but I am only concentrating on this year. I don't know exactly what I will do in the future.

Know what you want to achieve prior to starting to negotiate. It's the golden rule but the one most people fail to heed. Without a plan, you allow the opposing party to define your goals instead of the other way around.

No one in their right mind would turn down the contracts I've been offered.

I have to say that most of the deals I have done initially were badly received, and after a while, people realised that maybe I was not that wrong.