TV Radio Mirror (Jan - Jun 1963)

RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN (Continued from page 18) them afterward. So they end up in the divorce courts and with broken families. That's not for me! I want my marriage to last and last and last. It's going to be forever." Dick went back to dwell on "stability." "A person must ask himself, 'Who am I?' I think that's a way of finding out whether you have what it takes for marriage. It's a question some people can answer early. They find out early. "I've asked myself that question. I couldn't answer it, for a long time. I didn't know. Do you know why I didn't know? Because I'm just getting acquainted with myself." Dick looked at me questioningly. The furrows around his eyes grew deeper. "Are you still with me?" he murmured. "All the way," I said, writing furiously on my note pad. "I'm not missing a word." Dick took a deep breath. "It must sound silly to say that I'm just getting acquainted with myself, but that's the absolute truth. And do you know what? It's a fascinating process." I interrupted to ask how Dick liked this new-found acquaintanceship. His own worst friend "I'm not sure," he replied with a wry expression. "I think I'm beginning to feel a little unfriendly toward the person I am." We both laughed at that bit of selfappraisal. "I'm not like my parents." Dick told me. "They were quiet, settled people, even as far back as I can remember as a little boy. "I'd like my marriage," Dick said, almost in a hushed tone, "to be a kind of live thing, full of animation and spirit. "It should be the kind of marriage where my wife and I would take off on the spur of a moment for a desert island just for the heck of it — and have a ball. "I'd want it to be as exciting as possible — but. when the spirit moved us. to have absolute tranquility. If my wife and I decided to read, we'd read. PHOTOGRAPHERS' CREDITS Jackie Kennedy cover by Pictorial Parade; Dick Chamberlain and Clara Ray by John Hamilton; Dick Chamberlain color by Jack Stager of Globe; Lucy and Desi by Wide World; Gary Morton by Pictorial Parade; Vince Edwards color by Bill Kobrin of Globe, black-and-white by Leo Fuchs of Vista; Jackie Kennedy by Pais e Sartarelli of Pix; Connie Francis by Globe; Eddie Fisher by Steve Schapiro of Black Star; Juliette Prowse by Steve Schapiro; Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd by Bill Kobrin; "Guiding Light" series by CBS; Arthur Godfrey by Wide World; Dick Powell and June Allyson by Wide World; Lennon Sisters by John Hamilton; James Drury by Gene Trindl of Topix; Carol Burnett by Gilloon; Pernell Roberts by Del Hayden of Topix. We'd read our own books and mind our own business then. But that doesn't mean we couldn't get excited about a book. "What I'm trying to say is that I'd want a wife who felt the things that are important to me are just as important to her. And the feeling must be mutual. I would have to respect her feelings and sentiments about things, and share in her joy or sadness about matters that are close to her heart." Suddenly, Dick leaned forward, very intent. "You know, it's so wonderful when you get a sudden, inspiring insight into something. It could be anything. That's a moment you want to burst out and tell someone. Certainly I would want to tell my wife. "But just imagine what it's like when it falls on deaf ears — when you can't seem to reach that person." Dick shook his head at the prospect. "Go on," I urged. "Tell me more about what you want your marriage to be like." "Adventurous!" Dick almost shouted. "Everything about it would have to be adventurous. "Take children, for instance. I would want children, lots of them. My wife would have to want them, too. Arid both of us must look upon having children as an adventure — not an unfortunate, unexpected burden. "I didn't always feel this way," he admitted. "Success has changed me. It's a good change. I feel that I'm growing up, and that has made me look for a different kind of wife than I would have looked for — if I were looking — three years ago. "I would have been afraid—" "Now, I want my wife to have a directness, an openness, a maturity that I would have been afraid of three years ago." He paused. Then: "What sort of maturity is that?" Dick answered his own question. "Well. I think as we grow up we play different games. Ideally, the games become more real as we mature. I wouldn't have wanted that maturity in a woman a few years ago. "I used to play Mr. Wholesome-niceguy-never-ask-questions. That was the game I played. Well, no more." He almost gritted his teeth. "What's the game you're playing now?" I asked. "I don't quite know." he answered straightforwardly. "All I can tell you is that I'm more me. This is a difficult area to speak about . . ." His words drifted off. I waited. "You see," he continued almost hesitantly. 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