till he tried to make a quote/unquote black film or for black stars in an action movie, he didn t really understand what it was like. and my pal jimmy fallon stops by to share his song about nfl sensation tim tebow or tebowie as we ve renamed him. this is piers morgan tonight. snap the football and may god s love be with me mark wahlberg s had an extraordinary career. going from the tough streets to a net worth of millions. he s an oscar-nominated actor and producer. my favorite mark wahlberg movie is boogie nights. he joins me now. i see you raising your eyebrows. did we get it too low? no, is there a check someone is holding? my gosh. are any of these figures ever true you read about? not usually unless it s a divorce settlement and that s pretty spot on. your movies have grossed $1.5 million. that s good. you re not exactly on the bread line, are you? no, no, i m very fortunate, very blessed, thank you. you said famously when you got to 40 you
there a big, new chill in relations between russia and the u.s.? it s all about one man. i ll explain. next up, where does innovation come from? we ll ask the man who totally reinvented a household appliance you use every week or at least you should. then a look at jobs, inequality, and the economy with the nobel prize-winning economist michael spence. finally, think you can solve the euro crisis? we ll tell you how you can try. first, here s my take. this is thanksgiving week in america, and it s a time we re meant to be thankful. except no one is feeling particularly grateful because we are in a deep funk. the united states seems to have stopped working. discussion of dysfunction and decline now dominate the national conversation. so i thought i would try to bring a note of optimism to the thanksgiving table. every time i turn on the tv, i hear some politician talk about how europe s woes should be a warning and that we re next. this is a fundamental mistake. the un
there a big, new chill in relations between russia and the u.s.? it s all about one man. i ll explain. next up, where does innovation come from? we ll ask the man who totally reinvented a household appliance you use every week or at least you should. then a look at jobs, inequality, and the economy with the nobel prize-winning economist michael spence. think you can solve the euro crisis? we ll tell you how you can try. first, here s my take. this is thanksgiving week in america, and it s a time we re meant to be thankful. except no one is feeling particularly grateful because we are in a deep funk. the united states seems to have stopped working. discussion of dysfunction and decline now dominate the national conversation. so i thought i would try to bring a note of optimism to the thanksgiving table. every time i turn on the tv, i hear some politician talk about how europe s woes should be a warning and that we re next. this is a fundamental mistake. the united stat
so you want to actually let it run. and do you feel that most people come to you and your institute when they re in crisis mode or yes. they do. yeah, they do. and then they ve got all the pressure of trying to earn money. you know, where should my businessing heading, all of these things. it s much more difficult to reinvent yourself when you re in that mode as opposed to thinking of it on an annual basis and putting mini reinventions in place. is it more of a big invention for your company or a series of small things? i think the myth of reinvention is that it is a wholesale change. in actuality, reinvention is about changing and tweaking your company to move with the market. no, it s not a big wholesale change. you want to look for the little things that can open up to something major down the road. i think that great and a great thing for people to remember. again, as i said, so it s not so overwhelming. so it s toage. it s doable. thank you. great advice. thank
it run. do you feel most people come to your institute when you re in crisis mode. yeah they do. they have the pressure of trying to earn money, where should my business be heading. it s much more difficult to reinvent yourself when you re in that mode as opposed to when you re thinking on an annual basis and put your mini reinventions in place. do you think of it more often than not as a big reinvention of your company or a series of small things. here is the thing, i think the myth of reinvention is it is some wholesale change. in actuality it s about changing and tweaking your company to move with the market. it s not a big wholesale change. you want to look at the little things that can open into something major down the road. i think that s a great thing for people to remember. again, as i said, so it s not overwhelming. exactly. it s doable. pamela, thank you so much. this is great advice. thank you j.j. when we come back, what business is venture capitalists