I think is very beneficial to relax yourself so that when you are doing it you are not staggering for lines and your concentration is not on what I am going to say - but the scene itself, the character…

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I was very lucky in as much as I played a lot of tennis.

I was very lucky in as much as I played a lot of tennis.

No not pigeon holed me as an actor, or as a character, or as to...

No not pigeon holed me as an actor, or as a character, or as to...

There is something about New York City that in and of itself is so theatrical...

There is something about New York City that in and of itself is so theatrical...

To tell you the truth I am hard put to think of anyone who's career...

To tell you the truth I am hard put to think of anyone who's career...

But I did make some money doing commercials. I did fourteen in one year.

But I did make some money doing commercials. I did fourteen in one year.

But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.

But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.

I did two or three plays every summer.

I did two or three plays every summer.

I have worked with some great directors.

I have worked with some great directors.

Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on...

Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on...

I didn't have any extra money. But I can't say that I had a hard...

I didn't have any extra money. But I can't say that I had a hard...

The next night I got on an airplane, and flew to New York and looked...

The next night I got on an airplane, and flew to New York and looked...

I work with Sally and I can see Sally doing that. She is very aggressive....

I work with Sally and I can see Sally doing that. She is very aggressive....

But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny...

But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny...

But movies as much as anything developed what I thought was right and wrong, what...

But movies as much as anything developed what I thought was right and wrong, what...

It takes a lot of energy to teach.

It takes a lot of energy to teach.

The career doesn't get any easier. A career stays tough.

The career doesn't get any easier. A career stays tough.

And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time,...

And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time,...

When I go to where I was getting excellent parts in movies I may have...

When I go to where I was getting excellent parts in movies I may have...

I'm convinced that the place, if you have your druthers, to go to have that...

I'm convinced that the place, if you have your druthers, to go to have that...

I think that you get something for your acting from almost anything you do.

I think that you get something for your acting from almost anything you do.