Deidre Hall says she is not leaving "Days of Our Lives." She told People.com on Friday she will keep her role on the NBC soap. She is 78. Her run began in 1976. She said the reason is simple. She has one career goal she has not ticked off. She did not say what that goal is. The Independent picked up her public pledge to keep playing Dr. Marlena Evans. Hall holds a singular record. She has been crucial to the show's engine for more than fifty years. No exit date is scheduled. She just keeps showing up for work.