My work is about life as you and I experience it. You're either lucky or you're not lucky either your relationship works or it doesn't.
The only person who had any control was Jonathan Harris. His character was so flamboyant that he was able to make things happen. My character was fairly one-dimensional so I had my relationship with Dr. Smith and with the family.
I was supposed to have a relationship with Judy but that never happened. Actors in series didn't have the control that they have today over their jobs.
When I was in my 30s I was at the end of a long-term relationship and going through a very hard time. I'd had about 15 different addresses and a series of relationships. I thought 'It's time to have a look at yourself.'
You can't be a casual observer of something humorous - you have to engage you have to find it funny for the relationship between actor and audience to work.
I always want to have a personal relationship with everybody that works for me.
This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex scenes probably because they aren't old enough to understand that a passionate relationship could be about anything other than sex.
The secret to a long-lasting relationship is perpetually imagining the worst. It's a world view tracing back to my Eastern European ancestry and one I draw upon regularly.
In my view relationship movies never get old because humanity will never not be confounded by their relationships.
What I learned from directing I learned from soccer where it's like a coach-player relationship.