Matthew Vaughn phoned me up and he said, "Hey, listen, the movie has just done gangbusters. We've got to do the second one. " And I was like, "Matthew, I have no second book. Dave and I haven't done it," and he's like, "You're kidding!" He said, "This movie's just made $420 million!" I was like, ". . . We've got nothing. " So the amazing thing was, because we own the rights, we still get paid and everything, which is fantastic.
A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
I was supporting myself, but nothing like the guy painters, as I refer to them. I always resented that actually. . we were all getting the same amount of press, but they were going gangbusters with sales.