cynthia: with blythe danner. charlie: how did you get that that job? cynthia: i auditioned. auditioned for that play and i love the old movie with katharine hepburn and jimmy stewart. it was a thrill for me. charlie: how often do you work with mike nichols? cynthia: i've worked with mike nichols twice in my career, but our paths will cross. he directed primary colors. the actually had me come in and read with the young men who were auditioning. i guess he wanted a girl to read with them. charlie: wasn't there something about you going back and forth? cynthia: yes. he cast me in both of those. he cast me to play the real thing. we took it out of town to boston. we brought into new york. a big hit. he pulled me out to be an hurly-burly. we took it out of town to chicago. we brought it off right away. we moved to broadway. the woman who went taken over from me, she had to leave and her replacement wasn't so happy. at that time, by happenstance, mike nichols produced whoopi goldberg's one-woman show. he brought her to everybody's attention. she had no one to hang out with. he sa