In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.

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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...

There was only so much television you could do.

There was only so much television you could do.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

But the working I would always want to do.

But the working I would always want to do.

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 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...

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.

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,...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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.

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 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 -...