Chet Waterhouse
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I just feel like they just kind of start... Lawyers, they just start when they start and they die when they die.
But they don't have that sort of...
It's not a midlife crisis.
It's sort of a midlife, what are we, what's it all about, what are we doing?
It's not like I need a Corvette.
It's I need to give back and I need to hug my kids more.
I think that it's a really fascinating, complex question.
I think you got to the root of the whole thing.
I remember I went to this acupuncturist, this old Japanese woman, and we were just talking about fear of death.
And she said, you know, Judd, the thing is you're built to fear death while you have a lot of energy and you're young and you want to do things and accomplish things.
But you'll see as you get older, it starts to go away.
And then by the end of your life, you're ready to let go.
And you're built that way.
Everyone is built that way.
So on some level, you could say โ
There's something specific about rich people, famous people, people who've had their dreams come true, who realize that what life is about, the joy of life, may not be that you hosted The Tonight Show.
It may not be that you accomplished this.
You might realize like, oh, all those things I thought would make me happy.
I'm one of the rare people who got to do them, and maybe it was more fun just hanging out with my friends.
Maybe it was more fun playing with my kids or whatever.