So if I keep making mistakes on Broadway or tape or film, producing, directing or acting, I can go along and do it - so long as I'm not investing too much capital in these things.

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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 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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 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 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...

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...

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.

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.

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,...

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...

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 -...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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