She may have been right. Looking back, I suppose I was expecting, as a young actor, to discuss Stanislavski or 'Acting as an art.' Instead, I palled around with the crew-the grips, the stagehands-and the conversation centered around the two B's-broads and booze. (Robert Mitchum)

She may have been right. Looking back, I suppose I was expecting, as a young actor, to discuss Stanislavski or 'Acting as an art.' Instead, I palled around with the crew-the grips, the stagehands-and the conversation centered around the two B's-broads and booze.

Robert Mitchum

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