Also, writers don t get invited to premieres. The writers in film - they want to get rid of them as soon as possible. And it become the Directors medium, and it IS a Directors medium in all reality, whereas television is much more a writers medium. But actors will rewrite writers, directors will rewrite writers, and there s nobody there to stop them because it s a solid piece of work. And I think writers want more respect.
Some writers have a great experience.
Like my friend Allan Ball who I worked with on Cybil . He wrote American Beauty and they loved his script so much that he was co-producer, he was on the set, they consulted him for rewrites, they consulted him for everything. And he wanted Alan s participation. This is such an unusual experience.