You Show Me A Perfect Person And

The Script Was Given To Me By One Of My Agents And They Didn't Tell Me Anything About It. My First Reaction Was, "the West Wing? Is It About A Squadron Of Fighter Jets?" Then I Turned The Page And Saw, 'by Aaron Sorkin' And I Knew It Was Going To Be Something Good.

I Have Such Amazing Memories [about The Hotel New Hampshire Movie], Because Tony Richardson Was Such An Amazing Director, And The Subject Matter Was So Bizarre, And Yet It Was The Most Sought-after Part At That Moment. And Then It Had The Good Fortune To Come Out On The Same Day As Splash.

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.

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

[ed Lauter] Was An Actor's Actor. I Love Working With That Class Of Actor. You Know, They Come In, They Do It, No Bullshit. There's No Artifice, There's No Fanciness, They're Just Honest And Tough And Direct.