So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work?

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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 -...

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...

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.

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.

But the working I would always want to do.

But the working I would always want to do.

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...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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 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.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...