Hollywood cools, and when it cools you have to go to where the work is. I ran off to Italy to do spaghetti westerns.

John Wayne treated me fine, but that macho stuff turns me off. It's not real.

Hollywood cools, and when it cools you have to go to where the work is. I ran off to Italy to do spaghetti westerns.

Once in a while a good opportunity would come along, like the first 'Playhouse 90 ever to air - working in television afforded me my best opportunities. The (film) industry was going through such turmoil at the time - studios didn't know where to go anymore, they were falling apart, television was there. They didn't know what kind of films people wanted. The European films were making a huge impact because those films wanted real people in real situations.

I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy.

I did Polyester, and I dont regret one minute of it. It was wonderful.

I'd work for John Waters again, because he's so off the wall.