My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing.
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No, I wasn't payed a whole lot of money for it, but I didn't feel cheated in any way it was my first top billing in a feature length movie.Don Knotts
We began to do little things, have little scenes where we just talked about things that had nothing to do with the plot. In fact, in the beginning, they didn't want us to do that. But as time went on, you see that in so many shows. I think we were the first to do that.
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