I don't actually have problems dealing with corporate situations. There are times I've railed against it, but there are other times when I'm like, 'I'll take your money, no problem.'
The hits I had in the '80s - I made those deals directly with American companies.
Perhaps not unusually for a popular film produced over three decades ago, there have been a dizzying parade of corporate characters trading rights to 'This Is Spinal Tap' through the years. Yet our requests for timely statements of the film's income have been met with a series of slammed doors.
When we were at MGM, we never did much about merchandise tie-ups There were too many executives and lawyers to go through.
Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks.
In the steel industry the corporations generally have accepted collective bargaining and negotiated wage agreements with the Committee for Industrial Organization.
Rex Tillerson does massive deals in Russia. He does massive deals for the company, not for himself, for the company.
I was representing our chemical company clients, and I would routinely talk with or meet with the DuPont attorneys, would be there representing DuPont at these same cleanup sites. So I knew those folks.
