"To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended."

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"To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended."

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"I would also like to act, once in a while, but not get up every morning at 5:30 or six o'clock and pound into the studio and get home at 7:30 or eight o'clock at night, or act over and over and over every night on Broadway, either."

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"A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job."

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"So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do."

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"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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