Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years at Warners. We never went outside the studio, not even for big scenes.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I used to do theater in L.A., but it got to the point where everything was really showcase-y.
I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.
There are many, many more small theater spaces than there were when I was starting out.
I did a lot of theater in the South side of Chicago.
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.
I moved to LA and decided to do films and television, mainly because the theater in New York is totally dead.
I'm always most comfortable in the studio. It's my comfort zone. I love being there, and I love making records.
Theater is very much the world I'd like to get back to, particularly in New York, both as an actor and director.
We used to go to Studio 54 - an amazing place.
I really wanted to go onstage. Not movies. But I ended up under contract to Paramount. Now I adore film work.