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" By 1949, there was no more work for me out there, and I went to New York in 1950 and just did whatever I could. Mainly television. Some Broadway. A lot of dinner theater work, which is not a very satisfactory medium. "
Dinner
Work
Television
" God was awfully good to me during the good days. I cherish the old days, but I don't miss them. "
Old
Cherish
God
" I'm a very contented, peaceful man. I made mistakes, yes, but I accepted them, and, I hope, graciously. "
Man
Made
Hope
" I'm not like Henry Fonda. He lives to act. I've just had a dedication to do the best I could. When I don't have challenges, the days get long. But I do enjoy being on stage. If I do good work, I get a kick out of that. "
Best
Work
Challenges
" I never considered acting while growing up. I just knew I didn't want to go into the saloon business: I wanted to get away from Kenosha. And once I left, never, ever did it cross my mind to go back. I went to college and thought I'd study law. "
College
Business
Growing Up
" I never 'went Hollywood.' Perhaps some of my behavior was detrimental to my career, but I couldn't go the route of Hollywood parties. "
Go
Career
Behavior
" In the old days, before there was such a thing as film schools, directors learned the camera by watching other directors, and learning from their own dailies, and listening to the cameraman, and seeing what would work. Some of those guys could cut their movies in their head. "
Work
Own
Listening
" I think this is the sweetest tribute I have ever seen in this town. "
Town
Think
Seen
" I've deliberately studied many things that I know, going in, I won't be able to assimilate. I read Plato, St. Thomas, the mystics, to exercise my mind. "
Exercise
Mind
Things
" I've seen my performances. I don't like them. "
Them
Seen
Like
" I was surprised I was nominated for an Oscar because 'Cocoon' was such an ensemble picture. But now I'm certain it wasn't only for 'Cocoon.' It was a lifetime award, so I accepted it in that vein, and it probably meant more from a recognition standpoint. "
Recognition
Now
More
" My father ran a saloon in Kenosha, Wis., which is just about as rough a living as I can think of. It was brutal; it scared the hell out of me. I was so petrified all the while I was a child, I didn't know what I was doing half the time. "
Time
Me
Know
" The camera was kind to me. But I was never a screen personality like Gable or Flynn. The camera did something with their faces that was special. "
Personality
Me
Special
" There are directors you never, ever want to get close to. Lubitsch was one. Outside of the work, I don't think I ever said five words to him. Mamet was pretty much the same thing. His mind is working all the time. "
You
Work
Words
" There will be no 'Mommie Dearest' in the lives of my children, and no books like the one the Crosby boy wrote about Bing, or Bette Davis's daughter has written. My children love me very much, and they are loved. "
Children
Me
Daughter
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