DrLao-2 — 15 years ago(December 28, 2010 03:10 PM)

This is new to me: on page 10 of the The Making of The Empire Strikes Back by J.W. Rinzler, Mark Hamill talks about the critical role Diana Hyland played in helping him cope with his 1977 car accident.
"I wallowed in self-pity. [. . . ] One day, actress Diana Hylandwith whom I'd worked on TV [in the pilot for Eight is Enough, 1977]came to see me. Instead of pouring out words of comfort, she lashed out. 'Look at you,' she jeered. 'You're letting yourself down as well as everyone around you.' She shook me back into reality.
A few days later, she died. Would you believe I was so self-involved I didn't know she was ill, let alone that her illness was terminal? Whatever big times lie ahead for me, that moment with Diana Hyland is one I'll always treasure. She gave me back my life, my work, my self-respect.