Frank X. Cross

When I work late, You work late

“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....