It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words.
The definition of winning has become distorted. If winning the rights to a property brings with it hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, what have you won? When faced with the prospect of heavy financial losses, we have consistently walked away and have done so again.
As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.

