and i saw an article about eddie falco saying she is done with nurse jackie. >> rose: boom. >> she is one of my favorites. so i wrote her into it. and then i was at the emmys and she was sitting with nobody next to her. so i just sat next to her and said i wrote a part for you in my new show. and she said okay. so she read it, and she wanted in. the writing is what attracts the people. if you don't write in a way that interests them, then they wouldn't be in it. >> rose: alan alda. >> allan asked me for the part. because i wrote his part for joe pesci who declined it. and then i was looking for somebody and alan's agent suggested him. i said i don't think he is the right part for it and she smartly said you should get somebody who you wouldn't expect to do it so alan really wanted the part. and he's great. so i thought he'll figure it out. so that was just-- that was a faith move. like you know, alan alda will find a way to make this work. >> rose: so you didn't roll this out with a lot of fan fare. >> no, no fan fare, yeah, the opposite. i made it a secret, yeah. >> rose: why that? >