she knew me from "bring in da noise, bring in da funk."he puts people in position to connect the dots. tavis: speaking of god doing what he does when he does it in his own time, i was fascinated when i read, fascinated -- fascinated and humbled by the way you handled this. just before you got the west wing, because you could not get any tv gigs, you decided that 15 to do television purity to not get serious until your 23. . >> i was an old man. tavis: during that timeframe, even your agent gave up on you. your agent dropped you. and no sooner had your agent dropped you then the west wing came along. >> my agency. my agent fought for me. the agency dropped me. two months later, a casting director who are tested for year before and los angeles, kevin scott remember me. when the roll came up for west wing, he searched me out. he said, i know this is yours. tavis: does that mean you have to pay the agency fee? >> no,'because i had a new agent. they lost out on that. tavis: they lost out on that. >> but i think they are all right. tavis: how di