Tina Fey
If you are not aware of the Authors@Google, I cannot think of a better introduction to it than this interview of Tina Fey by Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO. To view the video of the interview, please click here.
To learn more about Ben Parr (who wrote what follows) and Mashable, please click here.
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Perhaps former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has a shot at a TV career, if his recent fireside interview with comedic legend Tina Fey is any indication.
The current executive chairman of Google spent an hour with the 30 Rock creator and star during one of its Authors@Google chats at its headquarters in Mountain View, California. Fey and Schmidt discussed everything from her experience raising her daughter to her advice for aspiring female entrepreneurs and writers. If you’re a fan of Tina Fey’s improvisational humor, you’ll love this video.
Schmidt, on the other hand, has improved his interviewing skills since we saw him interview James Cameron last year. The ex-CEO apparently has wanted to do TV for some time and even filmed a pilot for a TV show with CNN last year, but apparently it “was a complete disaster.” Schmidt did a decent job interviewing Fey, though she’s a softball interviewee.
Schmidt is also rumored to be in the running to become the next U.S. Secretary of Commerce, though he’d possibly have to give up billions of dollars in Google stock to accept the job.