I'll Be Sober Ten Years

[on "john F. Kennedy" Set] Everybody Was Very Interested In The Accent. Even My Collaborators Were Very Curious To Know If I Was Even Going To Do It. And I Was, Like, "you Just Can't Not Do It." I Think Everybody Was Worried That It Was Going To Sound Like The Guy From... Is It The Simpsons?

Being Pulled That Long And That Hard For A 12-hour Day Gave Me Migraines. It's What They Used To Do Before There Were Facelifts For Actresses – You Know, Joan Crawford's Whole Career Was This. Then The Makeup Is Like Earl Scheib Auto Body Paint Sprayed On My Face.

Actually, If I Had To Do It Over [leaving The Show The West Wing], I'd Do The Same Thing, Because Lost In The Shuffle Of It Is That Aaron [sorkin] Left The Same Year I Did. And I Would Not Have Wanted To Be On The West Wing With Somebody Else Writing It.

I Have, On The Other Hand, Felt Ill Will From Various People In The Industry And The Press.

At The Time, The Hotel New Hampshire Was John Irving's Favorite Adaptation Of His Work, Which Meant A Lot To All Of Us Who Worked On That Movie.it's Amazing To Me That That Was A Studio Movie. That Was A Summer Studio Release! If That Doesn't Tell You How Much The Business Has Changed, Nothing Will.