i asked sally field, did burt sleep with his toupee on?ence laughs] rubenstein: what was the answer, or the question? heh, and i would never do that today. i wouldn't do it, because-- i was doing it 'cause i was getting pushed by the producers, like, "people wanna know, people wanna know." so i was thinking i was doing it on behalf of the audience. she shut down. and i could see that it embarrassed her. and i never got another thing from her. so i thought, "okay, that was wrong." i learned from that. so while you were there doing this show, you got an opportunity to be an actress on the color purple. yes. [applause] well, not just an opportunity. oh, lord. i don't even have time for this story. because i never wanted anything more in my life, david. and i haven't wanted anything as much since, as mucuch as i wanted the color purple. i had read the book. uh, i had seen a review in the new york times. i went and bought the book. i read it that afternoon, i went back and bought eight more books. this is before i had a book club, of course. an