– [Cal Fussman] So do you know
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basically how this interview works?
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So it’s all about wisdom.
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Wisdom in your own words.
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– There’s a jacuzzi right over there,
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I used to sit in that thing
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and look out at night and see those,
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and they’re oil derricks obviously what we’re talking about,
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offshore drilling, but
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I would look at them at night
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and I’d go, imagine a thousand years ago
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and there’s an armada sitting out there.
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They’re gonna land and we’re gonna fight.
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It’s gonna be steel on steel,
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and we’re gonna fight tomorrow.
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I had to make a decision every day
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when the lunch truck came to the construction site.
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I could get a sandwich,
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and I had to make a choice between the milk
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and getting a Ding Dong,
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and I made the choice,
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but I got so tired of having to make a choice.
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If I’ve had some kind of carry-over,
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its always been about food.
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I always order the food I want now no matter what.
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You’re not sure about that entrée,
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you wanna try both of them?
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I know what that’s like to have to choose.
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You know, the moment I decided I’d be an actor
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I was very happy,
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but how was I gonna feed myself?
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Well I knew how to do that cause
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I knew how to go work.
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What I’d learn from my father.
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If you wanted a job,
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if you weren’t as good as the next guy,
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then work longer than the next guy.
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Work faster.
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Be there before him,
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because talented people show up late,
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and sometimes shit needs to get done.
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I could always tell who the smartest guy was in class,
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and I was really happy with that knowledge,
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because I thought
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if we need to get anybody to do this,
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he should do it.
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So I’ve always been able to make teams in my life.
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I’m not jealous or intimidated
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by somebody that’s really smart.
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That’s the guy that should be playing.
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I know what I know and it’s not enough.
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I know one thing,
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you know when I die
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I’m gonna miss a lot of the great books that are written
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and I’m gonna miss a lot of the great music
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that I’ll never hear,
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and I’m gonna miss seeing my children’s children.
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That’s what I know for sure,
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but what I know, who cares.
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