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So to answer your question, I'm not entirely sure how I ended up where I am today, in the sense that nobody in my family is an actor. It just happened by mistake.

I didn't think I'd ever be an actor.

I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor.

My family weren't actors, and we didn't know any actors. It wasn't even something I was aware you could do as a job. I thought you had to be a Redgrave or a Barrymore before you were allowed to go to drama school.

I became an actor because I couldn't not.

I didn't want to be an actor.

I went to Long Beach State, started out as an actor.

I grew up in the middle of dairy country in Wisconsin, about as far from any major metropolitan area as you can get. I always assumed I was going to be an actor. I don't know why. I didn't have any reason to think that. In fact, when I finally did try it, when I was in college, I was really bad at it and didn't enjoy it.

I didn't become an actor because I thought I'd make lots of money.

I was never a part of the Actor's Studio, because two friends of mine started it in 1947 and by that time I'd gone to California.