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

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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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

But the working I would always want to do.

But the working I would always want to do.