>> larry: and jack likely right away, too? >> right away. he came about a week later, frank's going to be too much trouble. i saw a guy in a movie that i thought was excellent, jack lemon. i had known jack socially by then. i thought, great, because we're the same age. it was much better. he says i'm going to get marilyn to play the girl. >> larry: you knew marilyn. >> i knew her then 12 years. >> larry: had a little romance. >> i did have a little romance with her. she was a lovely girl, a lovely woman. >> larry: how good a talent? >> quite good. look at her in "some like it hot." every moment was perfect for her. we as actors are at the mercy of a script, bad words, bad words. she was excellent but she was troubled, you know, during that picture, larry. troubled. >> were you close to remember her right to the end? >> right. it was impossible to get there