The director of Airplane! and Ruthless People told the graduates about appearing on the Tonight Show early in his career. He'd spent years fantasizing about how cool it would be — and when it finally happened, Joey Bishop was the guest host and they were dreadful. For years afterward, people would stop him and say, 'Hey, I saw you on the Tonight Show. What's Joey Bishop like?' He'd tricked himself into thinking 'as soon as I get there, I'll be OK.' But in Hollywood, almost everyone is waiting for the next big thing. Zucker's first rule: it's great to plan for your future, just don't live there.