The actors seem to be aligned as a group. But the producers are totally independent of one another and unorganized as a group. In addition, as writers and directors protect their rights, they strengthen their credit, and as a result, the producer's credit is pushed back because no one is protecting it. I just felt it was time now to improve in the areas of preservation and credits, and establish a collective bargaining agreement and pension, health and welfare for producers. The more producers we get involved in this Guild, the stronger we will be and the better chance we have at making our voices known in the industry.
Many people still think it's just a title.
There are so many different things that a producer has to do - and I've come at it from several different ways. When his name was on a movie you knew he was in charge. Today the role of a producer like Wallis is spread out among several people. Three or four people do what he did. You've got the line producer, the packaging producer, the financial producer, the studio producer, and a few creative producers.