The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards.
In all my years of being with Pittsburgh, I never encountered a player taking a contract dispute into the season and letting that dispute affect the way he played.
When you sign a contract you only think about staying for all of it, but that depends on many things.
The lens of contract focuses predominantly on gains from trade whereas orthodoxy is focused on resource allocation.
In those days, I auditioned for everything MGM made while I was under contract. Not for the roles Elizabeth Taylor eventually got, of course.
In the middle of my fourth year teaching is when I got my book contract - in 2010. I knew the book would come out in May 2011.
What any writer hopes for is that the reader will stick with you to the end of the contract and that there is a level of submission on the reader's part.
Making it financially does not protect you, though. Genetic gifts and a gigantic professional contract do not shield athletes from the effect of damaged childhoods.
I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing.
I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing.