Jeff Hiller

I had to move from LA back to New York because I hadn't gotten a job on TV.

And then the really big thing that I sort of downplay in the book comedically is that my parents were both very, very sick.

My mom was dying and my dad was going through a pretty big health crisis as well.

And

It just felt like everything was sad.

And I was chasing this dream that didn't seem like it was possible to happen.

Because...

whoever hears of someone having their big break after 40.

And now that I had a break after 40, I've heard of a lot of people.

I just didn't do the research properly.

But I did feel like I had wasted my life.

And all I had to show for it was, you know, credit card bills and nothing else.

I do.

I really do.

I think I would have been defensive if she had said something.

And, I mean, I had been trying to do it for several months, so maybe that would have been the time to have done it.

But I think that pastor was right.

I think you can't drag someone out of the closet.

You have to let them open the door themselves.

And the big takeaway for me was that she had done everything