. >> and idealism that you first brought to the children's television workshop, now that you're leaving--. >> right, right. >> you look back on a long career of doing it, what's on the ledger? what do you feel like you did? >> i think we've come a long way. i think i've touched a lot of people with my presence on sesame street. i think i'll continue to do that. and there are still people of goodwill, because my-- i have a lot of messages on my website when people say, "i'll help you start that museum," or, "i like to do this". that encourages me. there are people of goodwill. i believe that. they're just afraid to come out. (laugh) >> well, what do you wanna do now? after a short 40-plus year jaunt playing one character, what's next? >> i think that i will continue to improve the lives of underserved children, in whatever arena is afforded to me. and that's only because i just have this weird capacity of remembering my very early years. and i know that a little attention can go a long way. >> sonia manzano, thanks for being with us on talk to al jazeera. >> well thank you. >> every mond

television program that amazon is going to do. it's going to start coming out in the beginning of the year. >> rose: what's that? a magazine show that alex gibney's workshop is doing. it will be terrific. >> rose: alex does documentaries. >> he does. most are short -- >> rose: somehow associated with the "new yorker"? >> absolutely. it's a "new yorker" show. >> rose: okay. so television, radio, the web, apps, all the technological aspects. >> rose: you're just like jane smith. >> i am (laughter) but you have to be alive to all of this, but the key is that the depth, the accuracy, the soul of what you're doing can't be lost. it has to be enhanced. otherwise, it's not worth any of it. >> rose: demanding. yes. >> rose: to make sure that -- it's joyful work. >> rose: you have to make sure that it's truly the "new yorker" in all its manifestations. >> correct, and it changes every short period of time. for example, when the web began, i think it's fair to say not every writer was alive to writing that kind of work -- short work, attached to the moment. yet this weekend, when paris happened, you had brilliant pieces by ben taub, alexander schwartz, ben taub in