The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college.
This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience.
One week after getting married in my thirties - while I was working as the main anchor at the CBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio - I got fired.
In my wildest dreams I never thought - well, I never thought I'd work.
Film-making was not at all what I had expected.
You should try to get fired once in a while. It's good for you.
I'd worked for the 'Dallas Times Herald' for ten years, and its death was a kick in the gut the like of which I cannot recall ever having experienced.
I was probably scarred by getting the sack at Middlesbrough.
It's not the way you want to get a job, to see someone you admire and look up to and learned so much from get fired.
