WHO READS THE SCRIPTS?
JOEL SHIRE: Large agents have a story department. They get readers reports from them. BOB GUMER: It is a good job to be a reader. They see what is selling and what is not. Question from the floor: “What are your qualifications to reject our work?” MARC PARISER: I started as a layout artist in animation. Went into the mail room and worked up thru ICM. I just read and developed my own taste. If one’ s taste is compatible with the market place, you become a successful agent. BOB GUMER: We’ve all read thousands of scripts. I was an entertainment attorney originally. We have to choose what’s great from what’s merely good. JOEL SHIRE: I went to law school but then got into agenting. I started in the mail room at William Morris then got lucky by finding Fatal Attraction. But we’re wrong everyday! It is a strange business. Bankers don’t hold symposium about how to break into banking. KEN NEISSER: I grew up in LA. So I was obsessed with movies. Then College, Law School, and practiced law for a
