Three projects centered aroundTom Green, another client, are landing this month on AmazonPrime Video.
There are management companies and managers who have many more clients, and Im not criticizing how they work.
But the way I work is I like to roll up my sleeves.
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When a lot of the managers who I started with joined larger concerns, I didnt.
But if you make a decision thats wrong that affects me, I cant sleep at night.
I just wanted to be my own person because that worked better for me.
The first, a documentary feature directed by Green himself, premieres tonight.
Green, whose previous manager, Howard Lapides, died in 2019, eventually signed with Rosegarten.
Hes been filming himself since hes 16, maybe even longer than that, Rosegarten says.
He not only tells you about all the things hes done, you get to see him do them.
After initially focusing only on projects directly involving clients, Rosegarten has started branching out as a producer.
Your clients have to trust you.
Im not old-school, but Iamold-school.
Show business is going through a very tough time right now with the streamers, he said.
Change isnt necessarily a bad thing, its just that.
I like the change.
There have been a lot of heavy changes and that is scary for a lot of people.
But I think ultimately show business will find its way because it always has.
Rosegarten doesnt mince words addressing the topic.
There will never be a reboot ofRaymond, he declares.
It just isnt, more times than not.Raymondcaptured lightning in a bottle for nine years, 210 episodes.
They dont want to touch it.
It is exactly what it is.
It would be like doing a reboot ofThe Honeymooners.
Even a payday with a lot of zeroes attached to it wouldnt change Rosegartens mind.
Im very interested in the art of it, not the business of it, he says.
I do what I do because I cant do what Ray does.
I dont have that ability.
This is as close as Im going to get.
