So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by the next director and next crew in the next cheap picture, because I was allowed to get away with murder.

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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...

But the working I would always want to do.

But the working I would always want to do.

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 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...

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...

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 -...

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,...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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 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...

So I'm in that half-hour business where the most money is, so that eventually I...

So I'm in that half-hour business where the most money is, so that eventually I...

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...

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 I want to do good work, after this series.

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