after failed marriages to joe dimaggio and playwright arthur miller, she battled depression and apparently lost. her death at age 36 ruled a probable suicide. an icon's life was cut short 47 years ago today. and now you know the news. for this wednesday, august 5, 2009. i'm shepard smith. thanks for having us in your home tonight. i saw bill o'reilly in the

. >> rose: looks like arthur miller. >> it is the great arthur miller.> oh, my goodness. well, probably the work that i did with him probably reverberating in me in my professional life throughout. >> rose: okay. because what? >> because ihink that he was the... he was the person who truly understood... you know, he is a great genius and truly understood that every actor is an absolute individual. and you cannot form yourself... and actors always looking at other actors saying "why can't i do that? they're so brilliant? why can't i be like that? why can't i be like her?" and actually all you really have is yourself and it's finding the truth of yourself that you have to sort of present on the stage. >> rose: how do you do that? find the truth of yourself? >> you don't find it by looking. that's a terribly zen sort of answer. you don't find it by looking. and, of course, it's.... >> rose: that's a very interesting point. >> actors are so confused because they're having to look at themselves and trying to find themselves all the time in order to reproduce.

. >> rose:ooks like arthur miller. >> it ishe great arthur miller.> oh, my goodness. ll, probably the work that i did with him probably reverberatg ine in my professional life toughout. >> rose: okay. beuse what? >> becse ihink that he was the... he was the personho try understood. you know, he is a great genius and truly understood that evy actor is an absolute individual. and you canno formourself... and actors always looking at othe actors saying "why c't i do that? they're so briiant? why can't ie like that? why can't i be like her?" and actually all you rlly have is yourself d it'sinding the truth yourself tt you have to sort ofpresent on the stage. >> rose: how d you do tt? find the truth of yourself? >> y don't find it by looking. that a terbly zen sort of answer. yodon't find it bylooking. and, of course it's.... >> rose: that's a very interesting point. >> actors a so confused because they'r having to look at themselvesnd trying to find themselv all the time in order to reproce... even thoh you're obviously often playing a aracter far beyond

dubois household in brooklyn heights, in the town house they had purchased from arthur miller.rom that christmas party, you went home with them to your new life come and you had and have had a wonderful postrosenberg file life from that point on. >> that is where a head doctor will get things wrong. it is so screwed up. it is pretty boring. we had great lives. as you can see, we have great kids, we have so much -- two beautiful grand kids. my brother just got his first grand kid, great professional lives, married once, stayed married. >> when i made the film, of the reactions i get all the time is when they meet you after the film, he seems like such a happy person, such a good guy, why isn't he an ax murderer? what is his secret? we are more miserable than you. it goes on and on. that section of the film was so important for me, they save your lives. >> thank you all. >> better organized -- what is important -- [applause] >> this concludes book tv's limited pierre of the key west and mary seminar. the workshop program is designed to provide riders at all stages of development

in 1987 when it briefly worked for ronald reagan, remember when jim miller was the head of the budget office? we did something arthur in 1987, this was after a comet was in in the first or second term but we did something we were not proud of. we passed the first trillion dollar budget under ronald reagan. that was a big thing back then and i remember the first time i appeared on national television was "the today show" when he came out with that budget and jim miller could not appear, so as somebody he was working for him they ask me to go in. i was very nervous because it was one of the first times i had been on tv and katie couric. i spent the entire weekend because they call this on a friday and it was monday morning we were going on the air. i spent the entire weekend cramming to know every detail of the budget so i was ready for any question that katie couric might ask. i knew what the budget was for the peace corps, for the army, i knew what the debt was down to the sixth decimal point, so we start the interview and katie couric says mr. moore i see that ronald reagan it's introducing america's first trillion