In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.

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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...

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...

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 kept me in short pants as long as they could, until they were shaving...

They kept me in short pants as long as they could, until they were shaving...

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 -...

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,...

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...

I hope this series is good work, but it is in the half-hour medium, which...

I hope this series is good work, but it is in the half-hour medium, which...

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

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

If it's boring, then it's tiring.

If it's boring, then it's tiring.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

There was only so much television you could do.

There was only so much television you could do.

To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended.

To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended.

But the working I would always want to do.

But the working I would always want to do.