“ Julia Sweeney at the Groundlings-and Penny Marshall. One day she told me that I would make a great manager. She was an actress, and could see that my goal of being a film producer might take a while to achieve. We hit it off, and soon started living together. My friend Griffin Dunne later hooked me up with this adorable and funny girl named Arleen Sorkin. I’m Jewish I showed it to her, and she said I could take it home. I opened a cabinet on the lower level, and found two boxes stuffed with raging anti-Semitic pamphlets from the 1930s. Every room had an amazing view of the Los Angeles below. The place was empty, without a stick of furniture. She found this crazy, giant house in the Outpost Estates the developer had built for himself, and I went with her to look at it. We stayed friends, and got into a little trouble here and there. I remember when she said something funny, she knew it instead of laughing with you, she’d give you a sweet, unassuming smile. She put on this sort of lazy Bronx voice (think Laverne) that didn’t suggest she was funny-and then a zinger would come flying. I’m a sucker for a sharp, funny woman, but Penny was different. She and Penny had become friends Carrie was dating Paul Simon, and Penny was dating Art Garfunkel. I first met Penny Marshall in London, while I was traveling with my childhood friend Carrie Fisher.
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