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by Ellen Byron, SOD, 10/17/89

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A-ccolade:  "I look up to the man," raves Peter Love (Ric) about on-screen brother A.

She Devil:  "Working with her was a dream come true," says A of co-star Meryl Streep.

"I parked myself on the sidelines of her life and made my intentions known.  Eventually I was able to convince her to live with me and have my children," says A of wife Leslie.

How Marcy Walker Really Feels About Her Co-Star:

   "When I met him, I thought, 'This is a great man,' and he thought the same of me.  It was never a spoken thing, but that's how it's been ever since.

   "People always ask me about A with the same tone that they say, 'What's his real name?' Like, 'C'mon!  What do you really think?'  I've known him for five-and-a-half years and my first impressions are the ones I still have today.  He's a complex and incredibly brave actor with a gentle, poetic soul.

   "I had to come back to work about three weeks after I had my baby.  I hadn't lost all the weight yet and I was very insecure about my body.  The writers had written a fantasy scene in which both A and I were supposed to be naked.  We were wearing these body stockings and I barely fit into mine.  I felt really bad and embarrassed because there were all these cameramen and staff people around.  A had asked Bobby, our prop man, for a blanket and when I went to take off my bathrobe, he held it up in a way that prevented everyone from seeing me standing there in my body stocking.  I remember thinking to myself, 'He's so incredibly thoughtful and caring.'

   "About 99 percent of the stuff that's gone on between A and me has been all good.  I've never had the chance to say that about anyone because I think as the years go by, and you get to know someone, facades drop and you see parts of a person that you'd prefer not to see.  But I haven't seen anything in A that I haven't respected and loved.

   "He has a kindness about him that never lets you forget how he's touched your life.  I can't and don't want to imagine what it would be like if he wasn't in mine.  I'm so happy he's my friend."

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