I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a Captain in the army at the end, in 1945.
The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes.
I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda.
Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.
I met my wife and, for the next ten years, we did no films at all. She did the first movie and then I did several after. My first movie was written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Kazan and was called Baby Doll.
And then the first was The Misfits, which I enjoyed very much, with Marilyn and Gable.
But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies.
When I saw the movie, I said, I wish I had heard the music. I would have ridden the horse differently.
Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down.
My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own.
John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays in Philadelphia, for free. It's been playing there for 25 years.
And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done.
