Dr. Peter Weller
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This is the Wild West New York, man. This is right on the hinge of the Harlem Riots and stuff.
This is the Wild West New York, man. This is right on the hinge of the Harlem Riots and stuff.
This is the Wild West New York, man. This is right on the hinge of the Harlem Riots and stuff.
And by the way, the Knapp Commission is going on. Serpico hasn't even been shot yet. Right? Billy Friedkin's about to finish his film on French Connection. So this is a New York of cops who are dicey. And it's just the street. So I understand your dilemma with it, right?
And by the way, the Knapp Commission is going on. Serpico hasn't even been shot yet. Right? Billy Friedkin's about to finish his film on French Connection. So this is a New York of cops who are dicey. And it's just the street. So I understand your dilemma with it, right?
And by the way, the Knapp Commission is going on. Serpico hasn't even been shot yet. Right? Billy Friedkin's about to finish his film on French Connection. So this is a New York of cops who are dicey. And it's just the street. So I understand your dilemma with it, right?
Yeah, I took the risk. You know something? I get weepy thinking about it because I took the risk. And then I got nothing but joy and support from my mom. And I think of her often. So, you know, there's an interesting thing about being a sober guy, which I am, is that in the midst of, and I was never really sober. a tank job, like wreck a car, get in a bar fight, end up in jail or whatever.
Yeah, I took the risk. You know something? I get weepy thinking about it because I took the risk. And then I got nothing but joy and support from my mom. And I think of her often. So, you know, there's an interesting thing about being a sober guy, which I am, is that in the midst of, and I was never really sober. a tank job, like wreck a car, get in a bar fight, end up in jail or whatever.
Yeah, I took the risk. You know something? I get weepy thinking about it because I took the risk. And then I got nothing but joy and support from my mom. And I think of her often. So, you know, there's an interesting thing about being a sober guy, which I am, is that in the midst of, and I was never really sober. a tank job, like wreck a car, get in a bar fight, end up in jail or whatever.
As a matter of fact, I got in bar fights, but I never ended up in jail and I never ended up killing anybody or hurting anybody willfully. But in spite of that, when one is playing as my friend Mark, another guy who doesn't indulge anymore, said, you know, we were outlaws. It didn't matter how much money you were making.
As a matter of fact, I got in bar fights, but I never ended up in jail and I never ended up killing anybody or hurting anybody willfully. But in spite of that, when one is playing as my friend Mark, another guy who doesn't indulge anymore, said, you know, we were outlaws. It didn't matter how much money you were making.
As a matter of fact, I got in bar fights, but I never ended up in jail and I never ended up killing anybody or hurting anybody willfully. But in spite of that, when one is playing as my friend Mark, another guy who doesn't indulge anymore, said, you know, we were outlaws. It didn't matter how much money you were making.
It doesn't matter if you were going to Studio 54 or how fast a car you were driving, whatever, man. if you're doing drugs in the late 70s, you're looking over your shoulder. I'm sure. Because there's a cop or a thug going to take you down that fast. So he said, do you ever think about that? About two years ago, I thought, yeah, man, we were like, we thought we were impervious. Why?
It doesn't matter if you were going to Studio 54 or how fast a car you were driving, whatever, man. if you're doing drugs in the late 70s, you're looking over your shoulder. I'm sure. Because there's a cop or a thug going to take you down that fast. So he said, do you ever think about that? About two years ago, I thought, yeah, man, we were like, we thought we were impervious. Why?
It doesn't matter if you were going to Studio 54 or how fast a car you were driving, whatever, man. if you're doing drugs in the late 70s, you're looking over your shoulder. I'm sure. Because there's a cop or a thug going to take you down that fast. So he said, do you ever think about that? About two years ago, I thought, yeah, man, we were like, we thought we were impervious. Why?
Because we're white guys of money. And surely they're not going to mess with us. Oh, yeah, they are. And the lunacy of that, and thank God, you know, The spiritual identity or something rang my bell, and I got out of that. But the product of quitting that stuff, one of the great fallouts of it is, as much as one child is the father to the man,
Because we're white guys of money. And surely they're not going to mess with us. Oh, yeah, they are. And the lunacy of that, and thank God, you know, The spiritual identity or something rang my bell, and I got out of that. But the product of quitting that stuff, one of the great fallouts of it is, as much as one child is the father to the man,
Because we're white guys of money. And surely they're not going to mess with us. Oh, yeah, they are. And the lunacy of that, and thank God, you know, The spiritual identity or something rang my bell, and I got out of that. But the product of quitting that stuff, one of the great fallouts of it is, as much as one child is the father to the man,
And I've got this great, beautiful, and fantastic, intelligent academic friend who's the head of a department who's still got this bump with her mom. And the mom was one of those hands-on, and she will not go make it up with the mom. Okay, she's 45. How much time do you think you've got to make it up with the mom?
And I've got this great, beautiful, and fantastic, intelligent academic friend who's the head of a department who's still got this bump with her mom. And the mom was one of those hands-on, and she will not go make it up with the mom. Okay, she's 45. How much time do you think you've got to make it up with the mom?