And I had an old-fashioned idea that dividends were a good thing.

A woman doesn't just love a man. She loves who he is. And, who he is is dependent on what he needs.

Six years ago, I completed the premier episode of Hawaii Five-O, and Jack Lord and I immediately realized that we had a good series, that this was a success such as we'd never hoped for!

Beating the drums for Hawaii is not hard to do... the place just grows on you.

And after four years, I thoroughly enjoy Hawaii and the success of the show.

Who knows what kind of life I might have had had I not been fortunate enough to have the parents I've had.

But I found out that bones with flesh are more interesting than bones without.

In the case of Five-O, I believe it was a combination of many ingredients - timing, chemistry, Hawaii.

Nobody really knows what makes a hit TV show.

Frankly - and believe me, I say this without any pretense - when I see the road I've taken, I have to say that thanks to good luck, because without good luck one can do nothing, I've come out pretty well.

They all went down in droves because just scenes of palm trees and beaches can get pretty boring.

If the woman in my life, the one that I felt I loved enough to want to marry, loved my children, I'd know then that her love for me was deeper than I could hope for.

It was an hour of sanity with the good guys winning, a situation where the world was right side up.

Some people say Hawaii is spoiled, but I don't think so. It's modern. It's a part of today's world.

I had accumulated some capital and was at an age at which I was interested in generating income. But even though I was risk averse, I was interested in growth stocks.

I am happy to have now as Danny finally a more difficult role, in which I can shoot and fight.

My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing.

We were living in a tumultuous time, when the world was upside down. Freeman produced a show that was black and white, the good guys versus the bad guys.

When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really took care of their actors.

I thought even if the show only lasted a year, it would be fun.

But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today.

I give a percentage of the earnings to the Motion Picture Home.

For years I have played the twenty-something lover.

I got into the acting business very young.

My idea of going to hell is going somewhere where there are no books.

The first year we actually did a lot of night shooting and the writers weren't even allowed on location.

Fortunately, I've also been an electrician, and that's a happy memory for me.

It's sometimes unnerving to think of that, and I wish it were possible for all children in the world to have the good fortune I've had in having a giving and loving family.

And I had an old-fashioned idea that dividends were a good thing.

Once you're a winner, you can give all sorts of reasons why you're a winner. Of course, you could all those same reasons to explain why a show fails.

Actually, if I could find a woman who was that wonderful; that understanding, well, I'd give her everything in the world that was in my power to give. And, I'd love her more than I ever thought it possible to love any woman.

You should hear the guy who dubs me in Japan. I like him the most. He has a high squeaky voice.

I just sold a farm in Missouri, and I own a ski lodge in Colorado with some Honolulu partners.

Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.

You know, as I do, actors who, having become worldwide celebrities thanks to a TV series, complain of their lot and declare themselves ready to drop it all.

I don't think anyone connected with Five-O believed the show would last as long as it did.

Some people say hawaii is spoiled but I dont think so. Its modern. Its a part of todays world.

I became hooked on the idea of being able to shoot an image and process it myself, and end up with a product.

After I'd produced about two dozen pen and ink drawings, one evening I decided that they needed poems to accompany them. I still have no idea where that notion came from, but it took me about two hours to produce verses for these creatures.

Yeah, that's what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as hard as they can to get a medal or a gold medal in the Olympic Games. And you know, if they can work hard, we can work hard as well.

What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you.

I also do not like the idea of soft money, these issue ads - people don't know where the money is coming from, millions and millions of dollars outside of the control of a candidate - there's no accountability.

From the beginning, the series has been story driven - I began with a story idea - but research feeds it.

Then I decided I couldn't just crawl in the corner and die, so I started putting pen to paper and wrote some songs. I had no idea what for or who I was going to work with. I tried to find my way and direction.

The idea is, if I can't heal from my art, then how can you heal?

There is sometimes a peculiar confusion in the West that equates progress to whatever is recent or whatever is new, and it is time we understood that progress has nothing to do with the chronology of an idea.

The idea of licking stamps seemed great fun for me.

Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.

It's slightly complicated for people to grasp the idea of a head of state in human form.