51.   Glass was lured back to television this time by the desire to work and the chance to play a character that suits his razor-sharp style.

52.   Guest stand-up comedians like Dom Irrera and Wendy Liebman also play characters bearing their own likenesses and names if not neuroses.

53.   Gilfry will be playing another character with the initials B.B. this summer.

54.   Having Carrey play a character with two personalities is hardly a stretch.

55.   He also played the character in revivals of the musical, adding mileage to the role with which he was most identified.

56.   He draws out superb, understated work from his cast, particularly the volatile McGregor, who plays a character named Curt Wild and physically resembles Kurt Cobain.

57.   He has a comic flair for playing oddball characters.

58.   He insists neither he nor his co-stars had a problem playing old characters.

59.   He convincingly plays a character called Rocky TV, an apt description of his eternal turn as Uncle Floyd.

60.   He did, as you remember, play a character for nine years named Jerry Seinfeld on his hit series.