When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied acting, which involved dance and fencing and speech classes and history of theater, all that.
Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I'd try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter.
Writing can give full meaning to characters and avoid pure stereotype.
I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.
Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.
I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm not a romantic really.
