It was based in an unimpressive rented building in central L.A. and morale amongst the troops was low. The other people working there really knew their stuff, but for some reason the suits kept greenlighting really awful low budget comedies. You can feel an old movie star lurking in every corner. But there was little difference between that and selling cars. That's why I chose to become a manager.
Managers take more of a long term perspective.
For instance when I discovered Andrew Niccol, I had to work with him for nine months to get his first script up to speed. No agent would have done that. The other thing was, I had a problem lying. I once lost a job when I was unable to re-write an analysis on a script submitted by the friend of a producer. How some of the biggest super stars are the meanest, most devious people in the world.