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When People Consent To Do Something, They Should Be Able To Do Whatever They Want.

I Am Getting On In Years, And I Have A Very Extensive Imdb Page, And I Cannot Keep Track Of My Own Credits.

My First Lessons In Comedy, How To Construct A Joke, I Learned From Eileen Brennan, Who Had Unbelievable Timing.

Somebody Once Told Me - And I Could Be Wrong About This - That The West Wing Was, On Any Given Episode, $300,000 Over, On Average. Now Today, If You Were $10,000 Over Budget, They Would Cancel You. For Sure.

For The Only Time In My Career, I Came In And Met Tony [richardson] For The Part - I Did Not Read, I Just Met With Him - And In The Middle Of The Meeting, He Told Me That I Had The Part [in The Hotel New Hampshire]. There Was Never, "well, Thank You, And We'll Have My People Call Your People." There Was None Of That Kabuki That Goes On Now Endlessly For Even The Smallest Role.