James L. Brooks
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yes.
And we were asked to leave the room and Grant stayed and he came out and he looked pretty angry and he said, let's go.
And
Two or three years later, we found out they had ordered him to fire us, and he said no.
You know, I came from a newsroom.
And you said it in a newsroom.
The character of her boss was pretty much based on somebody who was sort of a legendary editor.
So there was some personal writing in it for me.
It was a ball.
It was thrilling.
And Grant at that time was the vice president of a studio.
So he could not knowingly participate in it.
He couldn't really talk to us because he'd be crossing some line someplace to really do it.
So we didn't have a boss.
We didn't have anybody to answer to for that moment.
We need somebody's approval finally.
But not even that, because she had an on-the-air commitment.
It was amazing.
And we were innocent.
So it was...