Ann Dowd Looks Back on "Law & Order", "SVU"

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Memories From the Set: Ann Dowd on "Law & Order", "Law & Order: SVU"


"They are a great and very smart group of people," Dowd says of the actors populating NBC's long-running procedural franchise. And she should know; she appeared in three hours of "SVU" in addition to four of the original "Law & Order".

Jerry Orbach, in particular, helped her nail one a L&O staple: the walk-and-talk. "The lines are not easy lines," she says, citing the story-driven (versus character-driven) nature of most of the dialogue.

So Orbach coached her to work backwards from her end-of-scene mark so she'd know how to pace the dialogue. "Little clues like that were just helpful and kind."

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