Terry Gross

You've said De Niro stayed in character during the whole shoot and before it, too.

So what he would do is take you to a diner and not necessarily say anything.

Was that fun for you doing those improvs?

Jodie Foster, I've enjoyed this so much.

Thank you so much for coming back to the show.

Thank you.

And good luck with the new movie.

And I hope we talk again.

Thanks, Dave.

I think Becky did more concerts on our show than any other performer.

And that enabled her to quit her job as a secretary at Reed College and have a real music career, recording many albums and performing around the world.

It was great to record her for our show because she was always right on pitch, which meant we didn't need to do a lot of takes.

It was her sense of rhythm that I loved most.

She had such a natural sense of swing.

I loved her for singing relatively obscure songs and reviving songs I'd never heard of.

She struck me as kind of shy, but that may have contributed to another trait I loved.

She called attention to the song and not herself.

She didn't try to impress you with like high notes or dizzying scat singing.

She knew how to bring a song to life and fill them with her delight in singing them.

Becky died of Lewy body disease, and that has symptoms similar to Alzheimer's.