Great Quotes From Former Bosses

"Not everyone gets promoted to busboy. You gotta prove yourself on the dish line first. Only the best make busboy."
"It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission."
"You get an hour for lunch, but try to be back in 45 minutes so the person covering your register can take their hour."
"Write whatever you want. Nobody listens to that crap anyway." (Referring to "coming up next" narration over the end credits of a TV show or movie)
"We want spots with a real cum-in-your-face feel to them."
"The good news is, I can hire you. The bad news is, I can't pay you." (And I said yes. It was my first TV job and I wanted to break in. A month later they started paying me.)
"I don't want to hear the phones ringing three or four times! You guys should answer them before they even ring."
"I like the spot. I don't really like the script or the music, and the VO is awful, but otherwise it's fine."
"You didn't show enough enthusiasm at the staff meeting. Everyone else seemed really into it."
"Where do you see yourself in five years?" ("Porkin' your widow," I wanted to say.)
Not long after I started working at TBS back in '93, the president of the network called all the on-air employees into a meeting for a big announcement. This was a rare event. TBS was already a big network, and we almost never saw the Big Man himself. So off we all trotted up to the plush third-floor executive conference room, about 20 of us. "I wanted you all to hear the news before the official announcement went out. I'm very excited." His tone was serious; this was obviously something huge."We've just acquired a fantastic sitcom. We expect big things from it, and it will be the cornerstone of our new afternoon comedy block. The show is... Charles In Charge."

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