Alright. David i dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . David you actually started out, you wanted to be an actor, and after a number of years you abandoned that. Have you ever thought that, you know, the country and the world has now missed having another de niro or pacino by your not being in the acting world . Leslie no, i think it was a great benefit to america that i decided to give that up and go to the other side. I think fairly early on and i was smart enough to realize that probably three or four or five years into my acting career, that i was sort of a mediocre actor. I was also tending bar more than i was acting during those years. And i looked around, and i said, you know what, there are people who do this a lot better than i do. Theres probably Som
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Alright. David i dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . David you started out, you wanted to be an actor and you abandoned that. Have you thought that the country and world has missed having another deniro or pacino. Leslie no, i think it was a great benefit to america to get that up and go to the other side. Fairly early on, i was smart enough to realize three years or four years into my acting career, i was a mediocre actor. I was also tending bar more than i was acting during those years. I looked around and said, there are people who do this a lot better than i do. There is probably Something Else i can do in the business, where i can satisfy my creative juices and still be involved and it ended up being a good decision. David it worked out. You grew up
Leave it this way. All right. David i dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . You actually started out, you wanted to be an actor, and after a number of years you abandoned that. Have you ever thought that, you know, the country and the world has now missed having another de niro or with a between a by your not being in the acting world . Leslie no, i think it was a great benefit to america that i decided to give that up and go to the other side. I think fairly early on and i was smart enough to realize that probably three or four or five years into my acting career, that i was sort of a mediocre actor. I was also tending bar more than i was acting during those years. And i looked around, and i said, you know what, there are people who do this a lot better than