When I was attending the AADA an older actor told me that you need to experience the hard times in order to learn and get tough so that you can handle the good times.
And I had a waitress in Battle Mountain, Nevada, when I was a cook at the Colt Casino there, who was the Daughter of the Vice President of the Bank of New York, and she taught me a lot. The Bank of New York was founded by Alexander Hamilton, and it was the first company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and the first loan was to pay the pay check for President George Washington, etc, Alexander wanted for America to get in debt to our own bank instead of getting in debt to foreign nations. Anyhow, my Waitress had a Brother who used to get robbed by the kids at school because they knew his family was rich, and he had to bring them money everyday or get beat up. New York is a hard place. They needed to be trained on how to handle being wealthy in New York, and the poor boy should never have been bullied and robbed. The boy should have been in a Private School with other rich boys, and they should have lived in a nice building with security, etc. And the boy should have been taught how to deal with bullies, etc.
It is good when one can be taught how to handle wealth and fame before one becomes successful. And I have a friend who is a rock star and he is ready now, I hope he experiences great success now and wealth. People have to be ready to handle success and wealth.
And I learned a lot when I worked for Suzanne Pleshette, and when I lived in Malibu, etc, I think I am ready for success, if my poetry book and movie script are successful then I am ready for success.
Life is different when you are rich and famous, or even if you are just rich like with the lady who was the Vice President of the Bank of New York, and one has to be prepared to handle success, and it is good if one can learn from people like Suzanne Pleshette, etc, before one succeeds. And even Roy Rogers had to carry a gun, and he entered the restaurant through the back door and walked through the kitchen so that he could eat in peace. It is great to be rich and famous and successful, but it is also different, and you have to behave different when you are rich.
Salute,
Tony V.
