They kept me in short pants as long as they could, until they were shaving the hair on my legs because it was beginning to photograph.

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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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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,...

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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 -...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...