Bad Businessman
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Rod Serling
kapnkirk — 14 years ago(August 10, 2011 08:21 AM)
He sold his rights to The Twilight Zone to CBS in 1966 because he didn't think there would be much interest in it. Don't know how much he got but CBS has made millions off it.
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DreTam2000 — 13 years ago(February 12, 2013 07:20 PM)
Some of the best artists aren't very good businessmen. And then, those who enter the business solely as good artists, oftentimes tend to see their creative output diminish in quality as they become better businessmen.
Ask yourself why this may be.
The answer is simple, really. The fierce toughness of the business, and the hard-nosed demanding of its many execs and producers, tend to condition filmmakers and writers into becoming better businessmen, putting money before creativity, and subsequently compromising his or her art.
It reminds m1354e of NBA basketball. It is a business before it is a sport, although its many admirers generally do not like to perceive it this way. Similarly, motion pictures in Hollywood are also business projects before they are art; once again, the many film buffs in existence dread perceiving it this way.
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ck1-5 — 13 years ago(February 19, 2013 07:45 AM)
not to mention that if everyone had a crystal ball to guide them in what something they own would be worth someday, we'd all be multimillionaires. Even so, if Serling had asked a large amount for TZ in 1966, he wouldn't have sold it. A '57 Chevy convertible is worth a lot of money today, but you couldn't get $1000.00 for one in '66it was just a used car.