Smokin' Jackets and Sigourney!

One winter day while working on "The Village" I was seated in an auditorium hall for one scene. I was in the back row of chairs, with a huge space heater right behind me, cooking my back...and coat! Sigourney Weaver and Brendan Gleason were standing near me, on my right. She commented to me that I had the best seat in the house. I wanted to say "If I start smoking, there's a problem." What came out was a fractured inversion, that Yoda could have said better. There was a moment of bewilderment visible on her face. The words "Shut up, just shut up." went through my head, and I did so. Starstruck, wouldn't you know. Happens to extras too.