You do small movies because the script is good and because you believe in the director. You don't care about the money. And when they disappear, it's a pity.

Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on.

Think about it: You're trying to raise cash to save an endangered animal. You've got orphaned pandas getting 3 trillion YouTube hits, and you've got seals being clubbed over the head by roughnecks. The money flows in. But what about the poor shark?

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