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.

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 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...

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.

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 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...

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 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 -...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

There was only so much television you could do.

There was only so much television you could do.