The Joy of Intimacy Is the Rewardof Commitment
IT WAS THREE MINUTES till the showstarted. From backstage I couldhear the studio audience clapping.A production assistant wearing aheadset guided me to a small roomright off the set.
"Wait here until Icall you," he said and thendisappeared.
Already seated in the crampedspace was a fellow guest for theshow, an actor named Ben Affleck. He was watching the host'sopening monologue on a smalltelevision.
"How you doin'?" he asked as Isat down next to him."Okay, I guess," I said. "But I'venever really done anything likethis, so I'm a little nervous."He nodded. "I still get nervouseven though I've done so many. Soyou're doin' alright."The guy with the headset stuckhis head in the room. "Okay,c'mon. You're on in thirty seconds."
