Tom at 2010-09-23 10:27:53:

A friend of mine from the stock brokerage business who has since become massively successful in H'wood TV once said that as far as he was concerned, "Hollywood was like brokers on steroids."

Walter at 2010-09-23 16:05:07:

Scott, what was your relationship really like with this exec? When she said "you are the first people I think of to call when one of my lunches cancels," was that even remotely plausible? Or, as seems more likely, would she have had to run through a list of dozens or hundreds of people to have lunch with before she got to you.

Just wondering, because I've known a few people who say things like that, seemingly sincere, when I know, and they know, and they know I know, that what they're saying is completely untrue.

Scott at 2010-09-23 19:12:34:

@Walter: Let's just say we knew this exec very well due to writing projects. And not for one instant did I actually believe what she said was true, at least in any way that we might normally mean by the word 'true.' She was making a point. We got the point. I wasn't the least bit offended. I just thought it was both revelatory and funny.

Luke Davidson at 2010-09-24 00:04:22:

Great post Scott. Really enjoying your business of screenwriting articles.