If you see the pilot, you see that Rose Marie did my characterization. I was the only one that was offered the part. Danny Thomas wanted me, desperately. He said, 'You're making 38 dollars a week. I didn't want to do it.
People have a way of writing their own history and reshaping history.
But when it involves me, I like to keep the record straight. Every five years there's a whole new generation and they're less and less informed. She's been around off-Broadway for years. Miles is not impressed when I call that a tribute. Yeah, but it's like Heat.