I really wasn't on the Dallas set much. I did three or four episodes so I didn't see too much.

The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money.

In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.

On daytime they continue to revisit a lot of the same stuff while nighttime does move on and show development.

My wife is Danish and we go to Denmark a couple of times a year.

The thing with being on a series that runs that long is that the writers run out of things to do.

If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.

But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth.

Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.

Television is so dictated by time constraints that you have to make quick decisions and go with them.

It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.

I can't really recall the first time I was noticed by a producer but the first time I was on television was doing Daytime for Another World, which I started in December '75 and went until December '76.

Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film.

What happens if you're the guy who's been on the show ten years and is highly paid but they have nothing for you to do is that they bring in other people, and you become a supporting character to those people.

Knots Landing is the best thing that ever happened to me.

Everything I have in life comes from Knots Landing.

I have German Shepherds that I train and have brought back to Germany. I love going there.

I went to the Westminster College for Men in Missouri, which is what it was called back then, and transferred to the University of Denver where I ultimately got my degree.

And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor.

One of the things I was so glad that happened to me on Knots was that I learned to relax.

I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.

I act for the reality, for the moment, and most of all I do it for the process.

I really wasn't on the Dallas set much. I did three or four episodes so I didn't see too much.

The trick is for Divas to find what works for them. I've done some ridiculous stuff in my career, but there's still nothing that's gotten a reaction as big as me skipping around the ring.

I live in Minnesota. Lots of people assume that if you want to be an actor, you have to live in Hollywood, but not me.

Somebody must take a chance. The monkeys who became men, and the monkeys who didn't are still jumping around in trees making faces at the monkeys who did.

My attempt at really doing classic sort of songwriting is Shins stuff.

In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from the increase of velocity becomes more striking.

Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.

Bergman was courageous in choosing people to do things that they themselves might not expect to play.

For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion.

When I'm in the middle of making a movie, I have blinders on; it's all about just getting the movie out.

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.

We are part of a great whole. All living things are our brothers and sisters.

The art of coalition command - whether it is here in Afghanistan, whether it was in Iraq or in Bosnia or in Haiti - is to take the resources you are provided with, understand what the strengths and weaknesses are and to employ them to the best overall effect.

Fasting is calculated to bring a note of urgency and importance into our praying and to give force to our pleading in the court of heaven. The man who prays with fasting is giving heaven notice that he is truly in earnest.

Last year, Congress passed a law that directs the Federal Reserve to set limits on debit card swipe fees that are reasonable and proportional to the cost of processing those transactions. Like most Americans, I had no idea that swipe fees charged to American businesses are the highest in the world.

I can speak English. I can speak Hindi. I can understand one or two other languages.

Standup keeps me grounded and keeps me in touch. I get to go from small towns to big cities, across Canada and the U.S., and you're out there and talking to people. You get a sense of what they respond to.

It is each American's constitutional right to marry the person they love.

Prepare your hearts as a fortress for there will be no other.

I don't talk about success. I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead.

Where we fall are the stepping-stones for our journey.

I would like to help out in financial literacy for the Hispanic community and the athletic community.

Be open to opportunity and take risks. In fact, take the worst, the messiest, the most challenging assignment you can find, and then take control.

Little fish are sweet.

We were constantly hearing it repeated, that we must never again look upon ourselves as our own; but must remember, that we were solemnly and irrevocably devoted to God.