But I was broke and really struggling. I also knew that, doing a small independent film a year, was not moving me along fast enough on the learning curve. Somewhere I saw someone's resume that had hundreds of credits. I said, I want to do that. And he got his wish.
Live television is a real hoot.
You never know what's going to happen. You can only put together all the elements and push them out there. Next Wiese took a job in New York with an agency that specialized in political campaign television spots. We did 18 campaigns in 9 months for the 1980 elections. Mostly liberal democrats.