All the actors know the drill.

They know their characters so well that it gives you a leg up on just being reactive.

React and listen and react and talk.

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And then you kind of develop a rapport.

She is just also a warm and welcoming person.

All that helps, because first days, first weeks, youre just a little unsure.

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We see each other from time to time.

Hes very busy obviously.

We shot in Massachusetts, which is where Im from, so that was very fun.

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We got to shoot those scenes and have dinner and hang out for a little bit.

Hats off to Chevy Chase for being one of the great comedians, but his style was his own.

That was what made him so funny and original, onSNL[Saturday Night Live] and forward.

He had a thing that no one else had.

So [Hamms Fletch]is Jon Hamm style less slapstick and a little more underplayed, maybe drier.

Its an interesting tone.

Tone is always the hardest thing to find in a movie.

I had a little thing.

Its sort of mixed.

Look, Im glad to be healthy and alive, and I have a great life.

Im just not sure.

Sixty made more of an impact than 50 or 40, and those are milestones, too.

People have trouble with their 40th and their 50th, [but] those didn’t bother me.

This one gave me a little bit of a pause.

I woke up and thought, In 20 years I’ll be 80.

It definitely started me thinking.