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4 David Brian: in real life, he pro¬ vided glib answers to pointless questions. in the office of another press agent some years ago. I was making my first big picture. This press agent had five or six others working for him and we all sat around a big table and they asked me questions. I noticed a framed motto on the wall, which said, ‘Con¬ sistency is the trademark of the small mind.’ And those people were asking me some of the most consistently rou¬ tine questions I have ever answered and which I have been answering ever since.” The first call was put through. “Why, yes,” Brian said into the phone, “I do enjoy working in TV . . . Yes, I find the pace a little faster than in pictures . . . Oh, no, it’s a lot of fun. I find it very exciting . . . Yes, my wife is a very good cook. Yes, indeed . . . No, wardrobe is no real problem . . .Yes, I’ll certainly look you up next time I’m in town. Thank you.” He hung up. As the session wore on it revealed that Brian has been addicted to Brooks Brothers suits since he was 15, that he is too big and can’t wear ready-made clothes, that he hates fittings and that he feels the Mr. Dis¬ trict Attorney series is all-around family entertainment. After all, what else could he say? Well into the third telephone inter¬ view it became apparent that Brian was being asked the same questions. His skill at answering them five times and making each of the five answers sound like an ad lib, spoke well of his 20 years as an actor. When the ordeal was over, he had accomplished very little and accom¬ plished it very well. There are few things more unsatisfactory than a telephone interview with a complete stranger. What wasn’t made clear during any of the interviews, of course, is the fact that Brian, a highly capable actor, was doing this stint on his own time and was, in fact, paying for the privi¬ lege. Next to seeing his name in print, an actor likes most in this world to see his name in print. Nor is this purely an expression of the thespian ego. Current American folklore to the contrary, very few actors are under term contracts to a studio—and of those who are, even fewer last out the full “seven year deal” which looks so important in print but which also has annual re¬ newal options. Actors, in short, are forever on the prowl for work. If they can keep their names in print, chances of getting it are much better. An actor like Brian, set for the time being with a firm contract for 39 films, is even more interested in publicity. Good publicity can help enormously in attracting customers to the TV set. The more people who see Mr. District Attorney, the higher the show’s rat¬ ing. The higher the rating, the better the job the star presumably is doing. The better the job he does in his cur¬ rent assignment, the better his chances for another job when this one is over. Before cameras: As Mr. D.A., he di¬ rects pointed questions to Vici Raff. 21