The writer's room is a very private room.

I've never been in a writer's room, except to deliver fake dog shit and someone's sandwich.

But, and that was his first thing.

What now?

Oh, that.

Of course.

No, I've never been in the writer's room, and I don't belong there.

I don't mean to ascribe it magical powers, but it's a very specific energy,

and on the reboot, they had great energy in the writer's room, And it takes very little to throw that off.

That, ladies and gentlemen, was Candace Bergen, star of stage and screen,

an author of two New York Times bestselling memoirs, knock wood, and a fine romance.

I'm Linda Sievertson, and this is The is the beautiful writers podcast. If you're on the

younger end of the spectrum listening to us right now, you might recognize Candace best from

movies like Miss Congeniality, Ride Wars, Sweet Home Alabama, the recent film book club,

or from her hosting gigs on SNL, where she was the first

female to wear the five-timer jacket. But if you're hovering around middle age, more like me,

you might still recall her Oscar nomination for starting over with Bert Reynolds, or cheering on

her irreverent and politically progressive character of Murphy Brown for 10 years,

where Candice was the highest paid actor on TV for a long time.

She won five Emmys, you guys, for Best Actress before she requested they just take her out of the running altogether.

As you'll see, she's super humble like that. Candice reprised her

role of Murphy Brown last year for a one-season reboot with Hillary Clinton coming on the first show.

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