Well, they just don't know anything else except that one form of their business, acting, and they don't really want to learn any other part of it, or they would. Directing and producing and putting a show together is very…

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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 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...

But the working I would always want to do.

But the working I would always want to do.

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

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

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...