I Think You Die The Way You

I'm Not Going To Have A Tombstone. I'm Going To Be Tossed In The Air. Ashes, Tossed Like A Salad.

You Cannot Begin To Imagine The Shock I Had When I Came Down On The Floor For The First Time. First Of All, There's This Whole Thing About Playing Sitcom Comedy. I Didn't Want To Do The Sitcom Thing, But I Didn't Know What Else To Do. I Went Slowly. We Went Through The Week Of Rehearsal, Then We Got On The Floor With The Cameras, Which I'm Used To Because Of My Experience In The Old Days. Then Came Camera Day, With An Audience, And It Was Stunning, Enthralling, Exciting And Chaotic. I Had Never Experienced Anything Like That Before, As An Actor. I Was Part Minstrel, Part Actor.

Memories Were The Markers Of The Journey Through Life. It Was Necessary To Know Where You Had Come From. Only Then Could You Know Where You Were Going.

Spencer Tracy Was A Man Who Did Very Much What I Do On A Set, And That Is, He Comes Down And He Does His Job, And Then He Goes Back To His Dressing Room.

The Basic Quality That Any Great Story Must Have Is A Story That Illustrates The Human Condition.