Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
[It was] pretty, pretty, pretty good. The obvious highlight was getting to see firsthand how true experts in their field approach comedy and storytelling.
Quite frankly, I thought I was simply going to be an extra. Fortunately, there were actual professionals on set to make sure I didn’t embarrass myself too badly, and it also turns out that good directors can cover up a lot.
— Andrew Clubok, the global chair of Latham & Watkins’ securities and mergers and acquisitions litigation practice, in comments given to the ABA Journal, concerning his recent appearance on client Larry David’s HBO series, Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America. Clubok says he’s “very happy being a lawyer” and has no plans to act again. “But after this experience, I’ve learned never to say never,” he said.
Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
[It was] pretty, pretty, pretty good. The obvious highlight was getting to see firsthand how true experts in their field approach comedy and storytelling.
Quite frankly, I thought I was simply going to be an extra. Fortunately, there were actual professionals on set to make sure I didn’t embarrass myself too badly, and it also turns out that good directors can cover up a lot.
— Andrew Clubok, the global chair of Latham & Watkins’ securities and mergers and acquisitions litigation practice, in comments given to the ABA Journal, concerning his recent appearance on client Larry David’s HBO series, Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America. Clubok says he’s “very happy being a lawyer” and has no plans to act again. “But after this experience, I’ve learned never to say never,” he said.
Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
