"In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means."

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"In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means."

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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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