'The fifth season was when things started to get a bit rough, in terms of managing the show,' assistant director Thomas Lafaro told GQ. Related: How 'Fawlty Towers' Inspired The Classic Sitcom 'Cheers' And I was exhausted by the end of the morning because I tried to deliver as much of a performance as I could for each run-through.'
But it's not restful for me to be in a public dining room and eat.
I wish I could've hung out with the cast and got lunch. I'm sure it didn't look great that I was going into my dressing room at lunch. Because I really felt sometimes like I was physically pulling the plot, and it was heavy.
'I needed to rest, just let go of all of it. 'I'd gotten into a routine of going into my dressing room and meditating at lunch,' Shelley Long described to GQ in a fascinating dissection of the show.
