A few years ago, I got a call from Peter Bogdanovich. He wanted me to play a small part in a romantic comedy he was directing called Soup to Nuts, with Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson. Peter had written the screenplay with his wife Louise Stratten, the sister of Dorothy Stratten—long story there. I was to play Owen’s driver.
Even among small parts, this part was small, and when it came to the final edit (and a change of title to She’s Funny That Way), it became microscopic—that is to say, not at all. It was a shame audiences never got the chance to see me drive the car three feet with Owen in back. But such is the heartbreak of the film business, and there were no hard feelings on my part.
