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I Spoke So Much About Being A Manic-depressive. I Want To Bring Everyone Back To My Earliest Memories Of This Companion Of Mine. Some People Call This Companion I Have An Ailment, Or Worse A Terrible Nightmare From Which Some People Cannot Awaken. I Know That I Have Nothing To Be Ashamed Of. I Have Nothing That Should Garner A Stigma.

By Telling My Own Story, I Hope To Help Remove The Stigma. It Never Should Be Something To Hide.

I Decided At Age 9, But I Was Reinforced At Age 13 When A Teacher Told Me I Had Talent. I Can't Say She Really Motivated Me Because I Already Knew. I Knew I Had Talent. I Went To The Jewish Community Theater And Got In Plays There. Then I Went For The Movies.

The Happiest I Ever Been Was When I Was A Struggling Actor. I've Had Big Houses And Small Houses. I Always Had Work Available For Most Of My Career. When I Actually Had To Find Jobs To Make Money, That's When I Was Happy.

If I Wasn't An Actor, I'd Be A Teacher, A History Teacher. After All, Teaching Is Very Much Like Performing. A Teacher Is An Actor, In A Way. It Takes A Great Deal To Get, And Hold, A Class.