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She is an expert on the subject, professionally and personally.
She said to me, What are we going to do next?
I said, Why dont you write a play for my sister and me?
She said, Dont say that unless you mean it.
Tyne:Shes a wonderful playwright, and I had seenThe Scenebefore, and I said yes.
[But] I thought it was just talk, and she actually came through.
It virtually never happens.
Tyne: Except if youre Terrence McNally.
Tim: Maybe its different for Tyne Daly.
For Tim Daly, it never happens.
Tyne: Youve only just begun, darling.
Ive got a decade on you.
Youre playing siblings who are living together.
It was mostly just the two of us, hanging out and doing our thing and vibing.
Tim: Eccentric means healthy.
I try not to eat too much shit.
Were you close growing up?Tyne: I think we were.
Tyne: I was in school.
But my sisters and I as a trio, before the arrival of Tim had traveled around a lot.
That seemed like a kind of consistency that Glynnis and Peg and I did not experience.
I wouldnt dispute that there was an element of stability because I grew up in the same place.
Everybody gets different parents.
They come into their parents marriages at different stages of their lives.
From about 8 or so, I was completely certain and quite boringly focused.
I couldnt wait to get out of their house and to the Antrim Playhouse.
Tim: I never thought it was all that glamorous.
That said, I loved being in a theater, and I loved the conceit of it all.
My dad was working all the time when I was growing up, and I loved watching him work.
But again, I didnt see the glamour of it.
I saw Tyne busting her ass, slaving away
Tyne: And a lot of complaining.
But it was a family business, and theres the luck factor we havent talked about.
You were not to desecrate it.
Tyne: You didnt do the fan mail with Dad?
Tim: He was gone when I was 8.
I couldnt do that I could barely read.
This is the first play youve done together, apart from Jean KerrsJenny Kissed Mein 1963.
Though Ive read you say that doesnt count.Tim: Certainly not for me because it was a gimmick.
Then, minutes before we started, my dads agent said, Tynes not ready.
Tim: But you had such great legs.
For some reason, Jean Kerr thought that you actually gained and lost weight in your legs.
Tyne, you are filmingMurphy Brownright now.
Its kind of crazy, but I wasnt ready to relinquish this play for the other things.
They kept saying, CBS just wants to know that theyre first.
I had to say, Well, theyre not.
Theresa Rebeck is first, and if you guys can figure it out, thats great.
To be in that position feels very satisfying, after 70.
Timmys just a kid, so hell find out about the power.
Tim, youre shootingMadam Secretarynow, too.Tim: Everything else has fallen away.
All I can do is concentrate on this play and on what I have to do forMadam Secretary.
I cant think about my laundry
Tyne: And feeding yourself.
Tim: I do feed myself my eccentric food.
Tyne: Its all green, all of it.
Youre both on shows on CBS right now.
And (b) the fact that powerful people take advantage of the young and hopeful is disgusting.
I had the protection of my dad and his reputation and my husband I was married very early.
I used to think there was something wrong with me, that I wasnt getting hit on more.
Its about taking shame and passing it around rather than having a real discussion about whats happening.
Have you taken lessons from each others careers?Tim: Weve both had successes, sometimes pretty big.
Both done stuff thats stupid.
Sometimes we did things because we needed to pay the rent or feed a child.
When I see Tyne struggling with something, I make a run at remind myself to not struggle.
Tyne: I suffer and weep and complain and gnash my teeth.
I should probably have a better time.
But in terms of watching my brother work, I always have a really good time watching him work.
Whether thats because hes my brother, I dont care.
I like his act a lot.
This experience we had this summer, playing with each other, is just really fine.
We pitch and catch pretty good with this, and we watch each other.
Tim: That was my question to you.
I was going to say, Tyne, how come everyone always makes generalizations about everything?
I may always feel that way until I drop dead.
Thats sort of a good feeling in a way.
Im still after something.
Im not as desperate about it as I was 20 or 30 years ago, but I dont know.
Tyne: If you get to be lucky enough to have choices, thats great.
But even before that, Daddy also talked about, Is it a responsible part?
That doesnt mean a star part is there something to do?
Is there something to tell?
Sometimes you just do it for the hell of it.
Tim: I changed my mind totally about auditioning because I realized that I really like acting.
Tyne: Exactly right a chance to act on Thursdays.
