what hassal will loued you to be so well-known -- has allowed you to be so well-known as the characteressica fletcher on television and not have that get in the way of us seeing you as arcati or anybody else on the stage? what's the phrase, typecast? some people are type cast, and the audience can never quite see them as anybody else. and you for 12 seasons played this person we know and love. yet, when we see you on stage in "blithe spirit" or anything else, i go right to where you're taking me. >> i hope so. i think that jessica is a woman who as a woman not an actress, but just as a woman, i loved playing because it was simple. there was of nothing extraordinary about her. she was every woman. and for that reason, i could step right away there her and go into all the madness that i have. and yet, i know that the most comforting and comfortable character i've ever played is jessica. she was an incredible listener. she listened to people. she gleaned from them what she needed to know. and through that very subtle ability that she had to make friends, to talk and to be able to get feed