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Rob Long talks about good news and bad news, the difference between pessimism and catastrophic thinking. He also converts to Judaism.

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By Rob Long • Sep 5, 2012 • 3m Listen

The best thing about the entertainment industry, according to an old saying, is that they can kill you, but they're not allowed to eat you. Which is a small blessing, I guess. Most things in show business – most shows and movies and scripts and faces – don't make it to the very top of the entertainment industry pyramid, and because the top side of any pyramid is sharp and tiny, even the things and people at the top are uncomfortably pierced and stabbed in the backside by the sheer violence it takes to hold on...

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