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Nora Ephron on the Revealing Moment in 'Tootsie'

In the first of an ongoing series, filmmaker Nora Ephron says she wishes she'd written the soap opera scene in the movie, Tootsie, where Dustin Hoffman offers a revealing disclosure. Ephron also explains how she and others came up with the restaurant scene in the film, When Harry Met Sally. Hear Ephron and NPR's Susan Stamberg.

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Susan Stamberg
Nationally renowned broadcast journalist Susan Stamberg is a special correspondent for NPR.
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