I'd like to have my own police dept, with a discreet armed team protecting me 24/7/365...including a US President style vehicle and driver on call.
That is fantasy of course, but I sure would like it.
Oh to be a rich man, life would be so much easier.
An easy and comfortable life is the best kind.
I have never been rich, but I have had some great experiences, I worked at Universal Studios for 1 year and we had our own Police Department, it was great, I just wish I could have made enough money to buy a home, buy a car, and raise a family, then I would have kept the job, but it was minimum wage, so I had to quit. But, I was able to see what it was like at Universal Studios and I was able to watch Ron Howard when he filmed "Apollo 13," and I escorted Phyllis Diller at Bob Hope's Birthday Party, etc.
And I lived in Malibu with the rich people for 1 year, over-looking the ocean, with the daughter of a Chinese General as one of my roommates.
The only President I saw in my life was Ronald Reagan, my hometown built the Space Shuttles, I had a step-dad for a few years who was the boss of the Shuttle Program, and Reagan came out to the desert to Edwards to give a speech when the first Shuttle landed. Reagan was awesome, I loved Reagan.
When I worked at Universal my fellow employees kept telling me to buy the studio someday. At that time it was owned by the Japanese, and the people wanted for me to buy it.
My friend who is rock star thinks I can succeed here in Hollywood, he thinks that I am just holding my own self back. He thinks that I could be making movies and television shows right now if I would get it together. He was in the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and he has faith in me. He enrolled me in Leadership Training in Marina Del Rey, and he has been trying to help me to achieve my full potential.
And my Grandmother thought I was going to be rich. When I was a child we worked hard, she was a dog groomer and we used to work 12 hours per day grooming dogs, but then on days off she would take me to Los Angeles and we would eat on Olvera Street, and we drove all around Beverly Hills looking at the homes where the stars lived, and she told me that someday I could live in Beverly Hills too. She told me I was going to be rich. She taught me to dream big.
The students at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts all had faith in me too, they were very supportive, and I am still friends with my favorite acting teacher. They wanted for me to rise to the top and be the boss. Cecil B. DeMille attended the AADA, and lots of other greats, it is like Harvard, only for actors. The AADA is closing here in Hollywood, which is sad, now the actors will have to go to the AADA in New York to train. If I succeed then I will hire the students from the AADA, and from Harvard, and from USC film school, and from Chapman film school, etc, and from NYU, and Julliard, and the Actor's Studio, etc.
When I was at Universal the Boss was Lew Wasserman, he was the most powerful man in Hollywood at that time, and he ate at my table in the cafeteria, he was a cool guy. And we had Spielberg, and Ron Howard, we had great people. We just need for the workers to be paid better, and for Universal to be altruistic and to help Hollywood.
And yes, the cops need a Bachelor's Degree, and they can study Communication, and Psychology, and Sociology, and Ethics, etc, they can learn healthy conflict resolution skills, etc.
My friend thinks I can be living the life of my dreams right now, he thinks I am holding myself back. I do not know, but I do know I need a good wife to help me. I need a good, smart, talented wife. We can be like Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and like Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. My friend told me to write it all down and pray on it. I would love to find a wife who wants to own Universal Studios someday, and help the people of Hollywood, etc.
Salute,
Tony V.
