Candice Bergen

I mean, you had to shoot a play a week.

But they bent over backwards to accommodate my schedule, and they would come with schedules, and they would say, okay, so this is when you can get there Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and then Thursday.

You're home by this and this.

And then we would have dinner at Orso's on the weekend.

That's true.

Which was lovely.

We were just talking about that with Artie because I would always have a Polly Pocket.

And now he has like a Ninja Turtle Polly Pocket I'm very proud of.

Are there any parenting decisions you regret?

I mean, it was certainly demanding to do a show and be the kind of present parent that I wanted to be.

But look at you.

And...

And I felt that I was present in ways that mattered and on a continuous basis.

I always remember you also saying about Poppy, my father, that when he was present, he also was he was not often present.

But when he was, he was really in it.

Like if he was building a sandcastle, he was on his knees building a sandcastle.

Whereas you had other friends who they were with their kids.

They were also on the phone and they were also, you know, talking to someone else.

And I always felt with you that you were fully there with me and never.

or impatient about that, but always very grateful to be present.