ROBYN BURNETT: And Brendan, that was actually a question I had for you, um, because what happens is you guys are in the stands, and you’re talking about the fact you need to find another car - specifically in 285 South - and you’re like “Oh, yeah, I’m gonna go, I’m done with you” kind of thing, and you literally do one of those Grease Lightning jump off the bleachers kind of thing. I just wondered how many takes that took. Did you just nail that in one take? Like you literally do that grab the railing and jump off in this really cool way-
BRENDAN: Oh yeah, I was very lithe. Very agile back in the day. You could put a set of ballerina shoes on me and I would do them justice.
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"I guess you could say that when Tom and I left Midland we had a mess of theories about how to raise children. We still have a mess of children, but no theories. Sure, 12 is still our number. It's the number of months my book was on the bestseller list. It's the number of job offers Tom turned down before we found one close to home. And each day it's the number of times I'm thankful there's such a thing as family." –CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN (2003)