Daniel Petrie Quotations

They studio were flabbergasted when they discovered how interested everybody was in 'those old people.' And now many upcoming projects feature older people; it's become a trend.

I had a feeling about directing Cocoon II: The Return. At first I wasn't too interested because it was a sequel. Then I read the script and was excited by the relationships and its mystic quality.

The second Cocoon questions that and deals much more directly with the value of living in the real world with its trials and tribulations. I would say it's about that and not about aging or death.

Yes, the experience of all stages of life are valuable, not just of youth.

I do feel that the trend is away from ageism and toward a recognition that older people have a unique voice.

There has been a change in attitude, though.

We've heard stories of people breaking down from the strain, of men and women working from nine in the morning until after midnight with no meal breaks, of location shoots where eight people were required to work in hot trailers meant for four. When asked he had any time off, one plaintiff responded: 'I forget how the day off was supposed to work.' These men and women deserve the basic protections of fair labor standards.

It's time for Fox and the other major broadcasting companies to step out in the light of day and end these injustices,

Not only do they have to attain the high creative level of individual writers, they have to do it week after week, often under enormous time pressures.

What the top tier earns is the engine that pulls everyone else along.