Mike Connors : (7) " At one point I was so desperate for work that I got a bunch of rich Armenian farmers to finance a movie for me at American International Pictures. It was a nine-day quickie called ‘The Flesh and the Spur,’ and everyone made money out of it except me and my Armenian backers. " - Mike Connors " All the time I was growing up, I was taught crime doesn’t pay. " - Mike Connors " I was quite a rough guy-playing basketball. " - Mike Connors " It took 10 years before I got any kind of recognition, with the ‘Tightrope’ series in the ’60s. Until that time I was doing half-hour Westerns and small parts. " - Mike Connors " I’d love to do comedy. " - Mike Connors " Ordinarily I would play the Lee Marvin role in ‘Avalanche.’ You know, the cynical, two-fisted rebel. But I play the president’s agent on the mission, an Ivy Leaguer in suit and tie. Although I take part In the adventure, I’m not the instigator. " - Mike Connors " Weekends I’m a basket case. " - Mike Connors