Frank X. Cross

When I work late, You work late

"I got into Broadcasting 

because I Like to Give.

....sometimes, I've found 

myself hurting -- from 

GIVING Too Much; 

and I'd say "Stop it --!"

(Frank glances down at the Industry Award 

he has been summoned to accept in the presence 

of his colleagues and professional peers as recognition 

of his achievements in the course of a career spent 

in the service of Television Broadcast Media, 

as one of its youngest and brightest 

rising-star Corporate Executives —)

.....I'm always 

gonna cherish this --

......and All of You."

(… leaving immediately he promptly then, forgets 

about it completely and loses it forever by leaving it 

on the backseat of the Taxi he rode back across town in, 

in order to get back to work, and keep the time in 

his afternoon spent out of the office  below 

the two-hour limit he set for  himself — C’est La Vie. )

“There are Three Ways

to Learn Psychology --

Read Greek Myths,

Read Carl Jung, or 

WATCH — 

Watching is Best.”

The Ghost :

And You spent the next 15 Years,

sittin’ on yer ass, 

watching  Television.

Frank X. Cross : 

Check The Records, chump — 

I did some stuff  :

I was a baseball player — 

One Year, 

I hit The Home Run that 

won The Big Game.

The Ghost : 

-- That was The Kid on 

The Courtship of Eddie’s Father.

[ Frank winces in pain. ]

Joss Whedon interviewed by Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo

"We were talking about Work Ethic --

Because Everyone in comparison to 

your output, Joss, and your Work Ethic, 

would appear to be slack and lazy --

Because, y'know, people work very hard, 

in Life, and they get their pay --

But you seem to be working, like, 

a hundred times harder 

than anybody else --

J.W. :

"Well, part of that is Smoke and Mirrors, I think, 

but part of it is that I do Love The Work,

and also, I DO Have A Problem,

A Serious Mental Problem :

It's Workaholism, and it's not fun, 

I Don't Do Anything Else --

Other People Have Lives,

and, They're Nice to Their Friends,

and They do all sorts of things 

that I forget to do in The Morning

(and that also includes Basic Hygiene, 

but let's not talk about that....) 

I mean, none of my schoolteachers could've

told you, that this was going to happen 

(except perhaps my Film Professor) --

It wasn't until I began studying and making Film, and Television, that I discovered that 

That was Why I am Here,

and that was really 

The Only Reason --

So, The Story is -- correct me if I am wrong --

That you had finished the filming for Avengers, 

and you were supposed to have some time off --

like, Time-Off, go away with Your Wife, that kind of thing --

Time Off --

But instead of doing that, in the 2 weeks you actually had, between film and editing, Post-Production and whatever, you actually

made another movie --

Which is 'Much Ado About Nothing'.

Is that actually True...?

Yes -- 

It was, in fact, 

My Wife's idea....