and i auditioned for a sitcom and i got the role opposite, you know, jamie lee curtis. and, you know, me being, you know, her l-- her lover, ultimately, was-- you know, i got ridiculed by j-- i would say over 100,000 cabbies >> (laugh) >> in america. and before we had television sex, they used to-- the cabs in new york go, "hey, why don't you sleep with her? >> (laugh) >> it's jamie lee curtis." i went, "it's a sitcom, you moron. i'm not the writer." but then i used to get paranoid and i used to fax and e-mail. not e-mail, it was then fax. "when do-- when do i sleep with ms. curtis? this is-- i'm g-- i can't take it. i'm walking around in disguises all over america." >> (laugh) >> so that was great. >> and so now you're back in the sitcom world as you were saying... >> well, then larry-- well, then i-- then, larry david-- >> well then you did, of course you did-- curb your enthusiasm-- >> yeah, and that lasted-- that ra-- ran over the course of almost a decade. and i cou-- and larry came over my house, you had asked me. and he said, "would you mind playing yourself?" i-