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So eventually i said i will go and read the script, and i read it with casting agent. they said can you go and read the same script to bob and to marty tomorrow? i said, i mean, maybe give me their last names. bob and marty, i had no idea who they were talking about. i went down to the standard hotel. they had eight professional actors and three real priests. at the time i was a catholic priest. i was totally embarrassed because i saw another priest that i knew. i'm like what are we doing here? wasting our time doing this movie thing. and when it came to my turn, i said to them, guys, listen, ...

Remorse. can i say that? thank you, tyrus, the worst joke i have ever made in the history of the world. >> don't sell yourself short. [laughter] greg: this is not about you guys. this is about the real star. >> no. greg: he was in a movie, martin scorsese film, how did you get the role? >> someone contacted me. they didn't tell me who was doing the film, nothing. they sent me a script and i looked at it and i thought this is kind of dumb. greg: really? >> i said i'm not interested. greg: wow, look at you. >> they didn't tell me who -- honest to god, like martin scorsese, de niro, i had heard t...

I wasn't really into films. so eventually i said i will got it with casting agent. they said can you go and read the same script to bob and to marty tomorrow? i said, i mean, maybe give me their last names. bob and marty, i had no idea who they were talking about. i went down to the standard hotel. they had eight professional actors andvi te thing. and when it came to my turn, i said to them, guys, listen, i'm not really interested in doing movies for movie's sake. i would change the script considerably. i said if you want me to do this, this is how i would do it. greg: i love it. >> this guy ...

So eventually i said i will go and read the script, and i read it with casting agent. they said can you go and read the same script to bob and to marty tomorrow? i said, i mean, maybe give me their last names. bob and marty, i had no idea who they were talking about. i went down to the standard hotel. they had eight professional actors and three real priests. at the time i was a catholic priest. i was totally embarrassed because i saw another priest that i knew. i'm like what are we doing here? wasting our time doing this movie thing. and when it came to my turn, i said to them, guys, listen, ...

Away, she was 80 years old. her family says that she died friday after a long battle with cancer. harper was known for playing rhoda morgenstern on the mary tyler moore show and the spinoff of rhoda. stephanie elam has this report for you. >> reporter: she was the girl upstairs, the best friend. as rhoda morgenstern, the unforgettable sidekick in the mary tyler moore show. born in 1939, she grew up studying ballet and started out as a dancer on broad way. but it was in los angeles where she was discovered by a casting agent. harper was asked to audition for the role as the single girl from new...