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Martini Shot

The Upside

Everyone in Hollywood hires lawyers to protect against the disaster that happens when something is successful. It's perverse, which is why only the lawyers understand it.

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By Rob Long • Mar 7, 2013 • 3m Listen

I had a meeting once with a bunch of television studio executives. Those are exactly the kinds of meeting I usually try to avoid – honestly, I avoid all meetings of any type on the grounds that when people get together in a meeting to talk about an issue, they end up talking about why they're going to need several more meetings – but this one I couldn't wiggle out of. We were talking about some contract stuff – actors, writers, that kind of thing. And when you talk about that stuff, you really do need to have a meeting...

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