Zooey Deschanel tells PEOPLE memories with late friend Rob Reiner, her onscreen dad from 'New Girl.' Says the actress, "He was fatherly to all of us."

The comedian and actor recalled "my oldest friend" and the director of 'Albert Brooks: Defending My Life' during an appearance on a CBS News special about the late Hollywood director to air Sunday.

It's been a chaotic period in America following a campus shooting and the loss of Rob Reiner. Still, there are bright spots.

Sutherland recalled the day Jack Nicholson, who played Colonel Nathan Jessup, delivered his famous courtroom line, "You can't handle the truth!" Nicholson did the entire scene from one end to the other in one "breathtaking" take, Sutherland said.

Police tape blocks off the road at both ends while TV news vans post up on the curbs and swarms of podcasters jostle each other as the mansion becomes part of the town’s topography of tragedy.

Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Los Angeles home Dec. 14. Their son, Nick Reiner, is facing murder charges for their deaths. Prosecutors accuse the 32-year-old screenwriter of "fatally stabbing" his parents, then fleeing the scene.

Comedian and actor Albert Brooks said he's still in shock over the death of one of his oldest and best friends, Rob Reiner.

From ‘When Harry Met Sally' to ‘A Few Good Men', Reiner built a career and audience loyalty with the kinds of filmmaking Hollywood no longer sees as a priority or profitable.