https://www.metv.com/stories/darren-mcgavins-advice-to-actors-lose-the-ego-to-gain-success

A big head never served an actor well.

Dan Curtis wasn't interested in working on The Night Stalker until he heard that Richard Matheson had written the script (https://www.metv.com/stories/dan-curtis-had-no-interest-in-working-on-the-night-stalker-until-he-heard-that-richard-matheson-had-written-the-script)

Curtis called Matheson "the master of his form."