What are the prospects for a Screen Actors Guild strike?
I don’t know. SAG has behaved differently than the Writers Guild [of America] did. They have extended interim deals to the majority of the independent companies that have asked for them, so our members are essentially proceeding ahead. Q: And if there is a strike? A: I think that it would affect any member that is looking to a major studio for distribution. There is going to be a big issue with films and how they come to the marketplace — even if they were produced under an interim agreement or in another way. But beyond that, this is an industry that has enormous economic problems. It is difficult for any company, particularly an independent, to find channels of distribution; difficult to put together production financing given the overall economics. The strike just adds more people who aren’t making a living in an industry that is supposed to be the showpiece of Los Angeles, and that’s bad for everyone. I think that if you look at what was lost through the Writers Guild strike, and
