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.

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.

My favorite actor is Wallace Beery.

I've been a very lucky actor.

I don't think I could be happy as an actor if there was a tyrant on the set.

When I was starting to get noticed as an actor in the 1970s for something other than the third cowboy on the right who ended up dying in every movie or episode, Burt Reynolds was the biggest star in the world.

Most parts that can be played by one actor can equally well be played by another, but not this.

I think, frankly, that I'm a better director than I was an actor.

I knew an actor's career goes up and down and back up again. Your standing in this business can't be your whole identity; otherwise, you're doomed.

I don't think any actor feels comfortable watching themselves in movies. You must be very narcissistic. The problem with your own opinion of yourself is that contrary to the normal spectators, when you watch a film you are in, you only watch yourself.

I don't think there has been any increase in sophistication in the audience. When people are aware of a concept that's easy to understand, and there's an actor who will attract them to the theater and it's a movie that's funny three-quarters of the time, it will be successful.

I never dreamed about being an actor, because that was out of reach. Coming from a small town that was big in farming, and also big in clothing factories, you don't dream about being a professional football player or an actor.

My goal was always to be recognized as a good actor but no one was interested in that, simply because society just wants to warm towards your appearance. This is the great blemish of society.

If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable.