i don't want to miss the one with marlon brando.i think almost everybody would have skipped that date. >> it is appropriate that i'm doing this from a bookstore. i just finished a story and i wanted to use a little bit of the godfather. normally, it is a very simple request for the studio. one day he quotes is he okay with using this? yeah, he is fine. a long, long conversation over weeks and months. i called to wish him happy birthday. both of us report on the same date. animals don't celebrate birthdays. trees don't celebrate birthdays. i'm just calling to wish you a happy birthday. [laughter] other times, calling me up, i don't know if it is a generational thing, but they don't say hello how are you, they just talk. one day brando calls up and he says people who have these great representations, i have to go, i am meeting somebody. he ignores it. charlie, great reputation. repuo then, he starts raving lisa ryan .... .... mike says he's low nervous i say i'm a little nervous yes this is going so well. the drive down the drive, mar