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

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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,...

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 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...

But the working I would always want to do.

But the working I would always want to do.

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...

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...

People like Spencer Tracy held up because they had the background originally, but to this...

People like Spencer Tracy held up because they had the background originally, but to this...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

There was only so much television you could do.

There was only so much television you could do.

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 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,...

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...