I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did it well or not depended on who the director was.

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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 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.

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...

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

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

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 only so much television you could do.

There was only so much television you could 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 -...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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,...