[on actress Nancy Marchand, who passed away during the production] As she got sicker, it was very hard for her to remember lines, which she found incredibly frustrating. Her reputation was that she could look at a script just for minutes and memorize it. So, for her, this was particularly galling. I remember going to kiss her at the end of her last episode with me, and she kissed me on the lips. There was something about that kiss that has really stayed with me all these years. I've always seen it as a statement: I am here, I am a woman, and this is who I am despite the evidence of years.
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