So I'm in that half-hour business where the most money is, so that eventually I feel like the people that put on the Dupont show, like maybe my artistic effort is going to be a little different.

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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,...

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,...

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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 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...

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...

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 -...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

But the working I would always want to do.

But the working I would always want to do.

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...

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...

There was only so much television you could do.

There was only so much television you could do.

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...

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...