I can spend 10 to 15 minutes with someone, and they can tell me what they're going through. I may never have gone through that, but I get it on a really deep level.
It's a very tempting thing to try and relive your glory days when you get a little older and you worry that people have forgotten all about you.
I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.