Phil Rosenthal
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And then, as I said, some friends of mine wrote a show for ourselves to be in, and that became successful.
And that same year, another friend of mine who had already made it as a writer, it was his first year of writing in Hollywood, came back to New York.
He was somewhat disillusioned.
He said, I want to write a screenplay because I don't like what I'm doing in TV over there.
I have to do what they say.
I want to do what I want.
So how about you and me write a screenplay?
I said, I don't know anything about it.
He said, you don't have to know.
I know structure, but you're funny, and I think we'll have fun.
And we sure did.
And wouldn't you know, we finished that screenplay, first thing I ever really wrote with a friend, sold it immediately to HBO.
Sometimes the world presents you with what you're supposed to be.
They're miserable on the one hand.
But on the other hand, I was happy because I was living in New York with a roommate.
And I don't know.
I would go to these weird, odd jobs on the subway, struggle.
Having fun at just living the pursuit of happiness.
Being young.
The pursuit of happiness.