say a norman lear show. now not only was i doing a norman lear show, it was amazing. it was incredible. marla gibbs, what. >> i know. oh, when she came out like that. >> it was just tears, it was nuts. >> what about the moment jamie foxx breaks character -- >> i knew jamie was going to do something. he's jamie. he's jamie. that was great. that was a great moment. >> you held it together. how did you do that? >> you know, i took my cue from anthony, i just -- i was like, okay, you go, i'm going to have to go but, okay, we going to stay. we're going to stay in character, okay. i don't have an oscar, i'm going to stay in character. [ laughter ] >> i'm sure in the rehearsals there had to be some downright funny moments. >> oh, man, we had so much fun. there was one moment where -- when marla gibbs walked in, and she called jackee sondra -- it was so much fun, and the hing of crying, i mean, when woody and marisa were ngg song, we're standing backstage and we're, like, tearing up and i'm, like -- i look over and