I've created a new profile. http://www.myspace.com/bloodsweatandcheers . I can't send messages. I can't ask people to be my friend. Tom (or Rupert) must think I've been a bad boy. You can also reach me at [email protected]. Or search for Rob Ryder and you'll find it. SO... Ever since a seriously false start as a stuntman (Baseball Fury "The Warriors" - see my pics) I've been working in the movies for over 30 years, mostly as a development deal screenwriter (Fox, Paramount, Warners, John Hughes, Walter Hill, Ron Shelton, etc.) all without getting anything made except a Showtime 30 Minute Movie which I wrote and directed. I've cowritten a screenplay called "Zulu Wave" (a young black surfer breaks the chains of apartheid) which National Geographic Feature Films just optioned and we're all praying they make it. I've also worked as a sports consultant on movies like "White Men Can't Jump" "Blue Chips" "Cobb" "Eddie" and a bunch of others. (Look me up on imdb.com under Rob Ryder.) I had a column on ESPN.com for a while called "Hollywood Jock" about my experiences - past and present - about trying to make it in Hollywood, but they finally fired me for too much "self promotion", but that was cool because I then landed a book deal with HarperCollins for a book by the same name which is coming out this July.So my publicity guys are telling me to get a real professional looking site up and running, but I'm like, screw it, that's not my style. See my book truly does tell it like it is in the real world of Hollywood - from finding an agent, to dealing with studio executive morons, to ducking irate movie stars (Whoopi and Tommy Lee Jones can be real handfuls, believe me) and from what I can see on MySpace, people here aren't looking for more glossy, packaged bullshit from people twice their age, so I'm just gonna use my own voice here.See, I'm a member of the 60s generation that's leaving the rest of you such a sorry-ass mess of a world that it makes you wanna just scream what the f*** and have another beer. But we can't. Or at least I can't. You know why? Because somewhere in the crazy fruit loops of my life I met a beautiful woman and we miraculously produced two beautiful children and there's no way I'm gonna turn my back on them.There is hope. There must be hope.BTW (for those of you who are still slogging along here) MySpace is about to be overrun with middle-aged baby-boomers (like your parents and nosy neighbors). So be aware. Be very aware. Best, Rob
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