As a producer, as a CEO of Hartbeat Productions, I am making deals to put my company in place to win, to put my staff to work so that while all this stuff is going on, they're in the kitchen cooking. So it's understanding the longevity of the entertainment business; you get out of it what you put into it.

When you're dealing with the entertainment business, a business that deals with marketing and ratings and profit, you have to be suspicious. You get ratings by touching on stereotypes, the titillating subjects people talk about — their anxieties, fears, longings and desires. That's why hip-hop sells. But at the same time, I don't believe in censorship.

The entertainment business is not the be-all and end-all for me.

People have too many options for their entertainment, and we've got to work to get people excited about movie business.

The filmed entertainment business has just gotten tough,

The entertainment business remains a business of blockbusters, and increasingly so.