They put me on the shift where they thought I could do the least harm, midnight to eight in the morning. Although the hours were lousy, they were perfect for an apprentice reporter.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
They did interviews with my wife and daughter-they were genuinely in fear of me having a heart attack, working 20 hours a day, eating fast food.
I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.
If they asked me, I did two shifts. I did sports, I did news, because I loved it.
I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
When I was a general assignment reporter early in my career, I was the one knocking on their door after a tragedy.
I've honestly been so lucky. I've never had a job where I didn't look forward to being on set in the morning.
An employer of mine back in the '80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It's a basic tell of character.
I only worked theater jobs, but they were all really silly when I first graduated. I was a line monitor at 'Spamalot,' which means I got there at 8 A.M. and told people how much the tickets were for standing room. I was an NYU Medical School fake patient, to teach doctors how to talk to patients.
I was so thrilled being a reporter, because it gave you the kind of access to people that you wouldn't ever get to meet.
I got fired from being a lunch-shift bartender because I had a reading of a play.
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