I hope this series is good work, but it is in the half-hour medium, which is limited to a kind of mediocrity that sponsors are just dying to have right now, and the public, for some reason, is unconsciously demanding.

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So if I keep making mistakes on Broadway or tape or film, producing, directing or...

So if I keep making mistakes on Broadway or tape or film, producing, directing or...

In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were...

In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were...

But the working I would always want to do.

But the working I would always want to do.

I remember Mr. Mayer very well. He sort of liked to be the father -...

I remember Mr. Mayer very well. He sort of liked to be the father -...

There was never any effort made out there to improve the artist.

There was never any effort made out there to improve the artist.

I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public...

I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public...

I would also like to act, once in a while, but not get up every...

I would also like to act, once in a while, but not get up every...

But I want to do good work, after this series.

But I want to do good work, after this series.

So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by...

So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by...

The studio didn't ask them to learn their trade, they just worked them, and when...

The studio didn't ask them to learn their trade, they just worked them, and when...

So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or...

So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or...

A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job.

A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job.

A nice, steady job I don't need that bad. I'm not that satisfied with it.

A nice, steady job I don't need that bad. I'm not that satisfied with it.

They had to start shaving my chin when I was 12 years old because light...

They had to start shaving my chin when I was 12 years old because light...

From that, I became very anxious to produce something of my own.

From that, I became very anxious to produce something of my own.

I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did...

I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did...

They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office,...

They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office,...

There was only so much television you could do.

There was only so much television you could do.

Well, they just don't know anything else except that one form of their business, acting,...

Well, they just don't know anything else except that one form of their business, acting,...

So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I...

So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I...