I made some good pictures, and I made some bad ones. I wasn't trying to build an image, though; I was trying to build a life for myself.
— Sal Mineo
No one ever said movies are for developing your range. Hardly anyone gets that opportunity. Which is why I think the stage is so good. It's less bread, but you can play different types, and you can initiate your own projects.
It would be easy to blame Hollywood to say that I was typed and forced to play the same role over and over. For a while, I did. But the truth is that I knew what I was doing. I was enjoying myself. I was making money.
I'll never be mistaken for Pat Boone.
One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next - no one wanted me.
