Quotes By James MacArthur

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

For years I have played the twenty-something lover.

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

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.

Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

I got into the acting business very young.

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.

My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing.

Nobody really knows what makes a hit TV show.

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