I saw my wife at a pool, flipped over her, and 14 days later we were married.
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Everybody wants blockbusters. I like to see a few pictures now and then that have to do with people and have relationships, and that's what I want to do films about. I don't want to see these sci-fi movies, and I don't want to do one of those. I don't understand it.
When I started working, I didn't have a clue what I was doing, in that I was just wandering around, hoping that I could succeed. Then after I got a little under my belt, it took me about 25 years to feel like I knew what I was doing.
People who don't know me think I'm easy-going, but I'm a pessimist by nature and an old curmudgeon.
Acting is just common sense. It isn't hard if you put yourself aside and just do what the writer wrote.
You can never have too many friends.
The characters I've played, especially Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford, almost never use a gun, and they always try to use their wits instead of their fists.
The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office.
An hour series is a killer. It's hard on you physically.
Even my stuntman is old.
I never wanted to be an actor. I got stuck in it and kind of liked what I was doing.
I spent most of my time playing pool instead of studying.
I think my attitude has always been to put food on the table.
I've had to work hard at that easy-going manner you see on screen.
In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California.
My goal has always been longevity. Not fame and fortune, just get a job and keep it.
When I'm pushed, I shove.
When people see me in something and say, 'That's just you - that's not acting,' it's the best compliment I can get.
Yeah, I don't have a whole lot of problems.
I don't take success very well, because I know it's fleeting. And the next day, it can all fall apart. I know that, too. So I don't get too high, and I don't get too low. You get through the world a lot easier that way.
I'm a Methodist, but not as an actor.
I'm working out every day. I'm in very good shape.
I don't like the crowds, I don't like to get out of the house if I don't have to.
I never finished the ninth grade.
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