So after the Shadows he acted and directed. And it worked out very nicely. And he wrote, obviously.

When I was in Middle of The Night, MGM came and offered me a contract and I said that when I got out of the play, I'd like to try it. I didn't know anything about making movies but I was certainly finding it interesting.

It was a period when live TV was just starting and getting popular and they took it seriously too. Not so much like TV now. They did Hemingway and Faulkner - and they’re all wonderful artists and it just was very creative at that time.

Every sacred cow in the business has to do with economics.

It was a very hard play [Woman Under the Influence] to do every night. And John Cassavetes said, "Don't worry. Don't even think about it, you're right. I hadn't thought of that." He said, "Just forget it."

So after the Shadows he acted and directed. And it worked out very nicely. And he wrote, obviously.

If I have something I like to forget, then I forget it.