freedom

wisdom

observation

actor

worker

learned

study

direct

serious

straight Time passed. Life went on. I started to see the in my mother's words. Yes, from my failure came an opportunity—an opportunity to examine my mistakes, an opportunity to study Woody Allen's films over and over again. I studied comedy in a manner. I tried to understand what was funny and why it was funny. After college I became an at a theater, and after several months, I got a chance to a comedy I had written. This was a wonderful opportunity to test my new . My cast and I worked hard. The lights went up. This time the laughs came. They continued, They built. The comedy was a success. I had well from my mistakes at college.