Bergen readjusts to acting after taking time off

NEW YORK (AP) _ It took awhile for Candice Bergen to get used to acting again when she appeared in the new movie ``Miss Congeniality.'' <br><br>The former star of the sitcom ``Murphy Brown''

Tuesday, January 2nd 2001, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

NEW YORK (AP) _ It took awhile for Candice Bergen to get used to acting again when she appeared in the new movie ``Miss Congeniality.''

The former star of the sitcom ``Murphy Brown'' said she had forgotten how much longer it takes to make a movie than a TV show.

``I just couldn't believe how many hours I was in my trailer. I got to know my Winnebago better than I ever hoped,'' she said. ``And I forgot because I hadn't acted at all since `Murphy Brown,' and that was three years, and I hadn't done a movie for 15, and I just forgot how much downtime there is.''

Bergen said when ``Murphy Brown'' went off the air in 1998 after 10 years, she wanted to take some time off.

``As you get older, you don't have as many opportunities to do things,'' Bergen, 54, told reporters. ``I want to do comedy. I love doing comedy. I really miss doing the show for the comedy, among other things.''

In ``Miss Congeniality,'' Bergen plays a scheming former beauty-pageant queen who runs the Miss United States contest. Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine and Benjamin Bratt also star.