A lot of actors said they hated the studio system, but I loved it. It was like a college; it was a great place to learn.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.
I took acting classes in my senior year in college and I loved it.
When I first started out in Houston, it was theater or bust. And I loved it. I still love it. And then I went to undergraduate and graduate school for acting.
Making movies was a real weird kind of adult experience. In a way it was like MIT, in that it was a great education. The big lesson is, people are people. They're smart, funny, creative people, but they're people.
I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again.
I never had any classes or went to theatre school like a lot of actors, so all of my training has been on stage with different directors. That was a pretty good school room.
In 'D.A.R.Y.L.' there was a part where I had to freeze to death, and they didn't even use it. It can get kind of frustrating. But I don't regret that I decided to become an actor. Besides, if I don't like it at any time, I can stop.
After going to theater school, and then subsequently dropping out, I would say that when I first went to Chicago and learned long-form improv, that was a far better acting workshop than any acting school I've been to.
I never wanted to be an actor. I got stuck in it and kind of liked what I was doing.
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.