Asked how, his answer was almost teasing: "I know how to do it," he said, "but I don't want to teach them how to do it".
I almost don't know how to answer that.
"Those two people are such legends that I almost didn't know how to be in front of them," Green said.
Even now I can walk on set for a shoot and not feel 'on it'...but because I've been doing it for almost 28 years I know how to summon the confidence in order to excel.
He compared it to a car "fishtailing": "I was driving on the freeway, I don't know how fast, and I almost missed the exit, and made a hard right onto the ramp.
That's why the convention has been planned the way it is -- where we came early and we will leave Tuesday morning, and we will join the Gores and there will be an almost, I don't know how to describe it exactly, but a kind of passing on, that is, a very explicit statement by the president about his strong support for and affection for and admiration for the vice president.
But I was worried... I've been an ad guy for almost 20 years, so I know how it works.
I'm not trying to break the bank and I'm certainly not trying to play Wembley Stadium," he laughs, adding quietly, almost matter-of-fact, "though I do know how to do that".
How to Budget This is a skill so basic that it's almost insane that I didn't know how to do it already, but somehow I had never sat down with my monthly income and figured out how to save.
The International Olympic Committee does not know yet where the 2010 or the 2012 Games will be held, but by the end of this weekend, it will almost certainly know how much an American company will pay for their media rights.
