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1. Watched Project Greenlight a few years ago and was fascinated by how directors change the script as they go along. Is this common? Do they need the writer’s permission to change the script? (lol, have I already asked you this before?)

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pretty common, unless the writer is a producer on the project, you don't really need their input, since you've bought the screenplay from them. but, a smart director will try and get the writer involved in any large changes and the writer always has the option of pulling their name off a project, should it get really bad.

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2. Do you have any idea what kind of salary range a sitcom writer makes in Hollywood?

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no clue, but i know George and Jerry got offered $13k for the pilot episode of Jerry

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3. Do you feel it's important to make children attend church when they are young?

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i do, largely because church, if nothing else, will teach children that life revolves around moral certainty, and while some might argue that everything regarding "sin" is relative, it can't hurt to instill in people at an early age some basic principles of what is wrong and right, if for no other reason than to keep the kid from stealing cookies every 10 minutes.

i would take them to a church that focuses less on a Catholic method of guilt or a Southern Baptist method of Republican boot camp, and more on the principles that Jesus extolled: the meek shall inherit the earth--that sort of thing.

it's also perfectly reasonable to expect parents to try and instill their own religious beliefs in their children.

but, saying all that, the most important thing is some version of what my father always told me: "Don't let people rent space in your head."