Personality.WHAT'S THE BIGGEST RISK YOU'VE EVER TAKEN? Packing up my bags at 17 and moving from the suburbs of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. to pursue an acting career. I had stars in my eyes In My Eyes was a Boston straight edge band that spearheaded the 1997 youth crew revival along with Ten Yard Fight, Bane, The Trust, Fastbreak and Floorpunch. The band and its members were a part of the hot bed that was the Boston music scene in the late 90's and early 2000's. and wanted to follow in my father's show business footsteps. He was a member of Desi desi Indian English Adjective indigenous or local Noun informal a person considered to be of South Asian origin [Hindi] Arnaz's orchestra, appeared in several films in the 1940s and had a radio program in Los Angeles with his own musical group. I spent five years pursuing the show business career and eventually wound up in the news business at ABC News
ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Its current president is David Westin. in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING PROFESSIONAL MOMENT? At the end of an exclusive interview with the governor of Illinois The Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution. for the radio station where I worked, when he pointed to my mike cord and said, "Next time you might want to plug that in." WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST PAYING JOB? Liquor store clerk at the age of 14--unless you count mowing the neighbors' yards. WHAT'S THE MOST VALUABLE ADVICE YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN IN YOUR CAREER? If you're really upset--write a scathing memo, leave it on your desk, take a long walk outside of the office, return to the office and rip up the memo. WHAT'S THE WORST ADVICE YOU'VE FOLLOWED? Not to communicate my feelings about career issues to my superiors. DESCRIBE AN ETHICAL DILEMMA THAT YOU FACED. HOW DID YOU RESOLVE IT? Ethics are tough. If you think about it, we face ethical questions every day. I try to make decisions that are fair to people and the company I work for. In the end, I follow Spike Lee's advice: Do the right thing. WHAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE YOU'VE FACED IN YOUR CAREER? Maintaining a cool head under intense public and political pressure. IF YOU COULD INVENT OR CREATE SOMETHING TO MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER, WHAT WOULD IT BE? I'd like a machine that would give an early warning of the political temperature around critical issues. WHAT GETS UNDER YOUR SKIN PROFESSIONALLY? People who say, "I don't have enough time/resources to do that." TELL US ABOUT A TIME YOU ACTED FIRST AND ASKED PERMISSION LATER? I once allowed a high-level department official to be interviewed by the press before checking with the boss. It was a very sensitive time--just after 9/11--and I was working for the mayor of a major city. Senior cabinet officials were hunkered down at the city's emergency operations center The Emergency Operations Center, or EOC, is a central command and control facility responsible for carrying out the principles of emergency preparedness and emergency management, or disaster management functions at a strategic level in an emergency situation, and ensuring . The media were clamoring for any and all information that they could get and as fast as they could get it. I approved the media access. The mayor saw the interview live on TV. I paid for that one. WHAT CAN'T YOU SAY "NO" TO? Starbucks Java Chip ice cream. IF YOU HAD A 28-HOUR DAY, HOW WOULD YOU SPEND THOSE EXTRA FOUR HOURS? Eating Starbucks Java Chip ice cream, reading more background information about my business, and sleeping. DIVULGE A DEEP DARK SECRET OF YOURS TO CW READERS. No way. |
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