Oscar-winning Actress and Director HELEN HUNT on her father GORDON HUNT

Helen Hunt is an Oscar-winning actress and director. She won 4 Emmys for Lead Actress in a Comedy for her work on the hit sit-com MAD ABOUT YOU. She won her lead actress Oscar for her role in AS GOOD AS IT GETS and was nominated for a supporting actress Oscar in 2013 for her work in THE SESSIONS.

I have absolutely no business writing anything about this man. I am the least reliable source.

It's not true. I am the most reliable. Gordon is uniquely gifted, insightful and above all, kind. He raises the bar for anyone who has the pleasure to know him. He raises the bar on being prepared, on work ethic, on gratitude. He raises the bar on loving kindness and sense of humor when life hands one of its many great challenges.

I felt both under and over prepared to speak to Roger about Gordon when his lovely crew showed up to interview me. I wish it was spin. I wish I was making it up. But I'm not. He is that beautiful a human being.

My life is punctuated by strangers, walking up to me, putting their hands on their hearts and saying, "Your Father". All I have to say is, "I know." And I do know. I know they are trying to put into words what knowing him has meant to them. They probably will never be able to do it. I know I never have.