Recap by: Chris Siggia, rajah.com
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THE NEW DAY 04/20/20: FREDDIE PRINZE JR
Prinze talking about working in WWE: "I wrote for the WWE in 2007 and then a little bit the following year as well. The second time was like acting lessons and doing coaching at pay per views and once in a while, TV's. My first stint there, it was full on, writer's room every day to every single TV. It was crazy. I was not built for that business, that schedule, that lifestyle. I couldn't hack it and eventually I had to tap out. It was an amazing experience. I still have relationships with people I worked with to this day. I definitely enjoyed it a lot more than any job I had in Hollywood in movies and stuff like that."
Prinze talking about the transition from Hollywood to WWE: "I didn't mind it because I was really done with acting. I was beyond burnt out. I had come to this self-realization that I was chasing the ghost of my dad and trying to set right with my family felt was not in order. Once I did that, I felt I had no direction, but what do you do when you accomplish all your goals before you are 30 and you didn't have the foresight to plan more goals? I was really burnt out and I didn't enjoy the last three acting jobs I did. This is bad to say, but I'm trying to be honest. They were legit, like, they are paying me how much? Yea, that's a good script. It was just a check. I didn't have passion for it anymore. When I came to terms with that, I was like, yeah, I can't do something that I don't love. So, I got to stop. I went to WrestleMania for Flair's retirement match, because I love Flair. I'm sitting ringside and I'm watching it. One of the publicity people in WWE came up to me and started talking about the brand. I talked to Vince and for the first time in a year and a half, I had passion again creatively"
