James MacArthur Quotes
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I give a percentage of the earnings to the Motion Picture Home.
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I thought even if the show only lasted a year, it would be fun.
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I got into the acting business very young.
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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.
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And I had an old-fashioned idea that dividends were a good thing.
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And after four years, I thoroughly enjoy Hawaii and the success of the show.
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A woman doesn't just love a man. She loves who he is. And, who he is is dependent on what he needs.
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But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today.
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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.
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Some people say Hawaii is spoiled, but I don't think so. It's modern. It's a part of today's world.
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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.
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Beating the drums for Hawaii is not hard to do... the place just grows on you.
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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.
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It was an hour of sanity with the good guys winning, a situation where the world was right side up.
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They all went down in droves because just scenes of palm trees and beaches can get pretty boring.
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Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.
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My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing.
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You should hear the guy who dubs me in Japan. I like him the most. He has a high squeaky voice.
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I just sold a farm in Missouri, and I own a ski lodge in Colorado with some Honolulu partners.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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I am happy to have now as Danny finally a more difficult role, in which I can shoot and fight.
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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.