Plummer died Friday morning at his home in Connecticut.

“He was a National Treasure who deeply relished his Canadian roots.

He will forever be with us.”

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“Instead I was getting these rather stiff-necked a–holes to play.

But I was making money.

And I was able to do theater.”

For Plummer, there was no such thing as retirement.

“And maybe God.

And then that’s about it.”

“Chris [Plummer] was always on the list.

So you find that out, but quietly, because you don’t want it going around.

I flew into New York and met with [Plummer] and he said yes.

Miraculously, they were.”

Plummer is survived by wife Elaine Taylor and a daughter, actress Amanda Plummer.