James MacArthur Quotes

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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.

  James MacArthur

  Believe, Taken, Good Luck

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

  James MacArthur

  Believe, Hawaii, Ingredients

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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.

  James MacArthur

  Risk, Growth, Age

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• My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing.

  James MacArthur

  Mother, Normal, Upbringing

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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.

  James MacArthur

  Years, Actors, Crafts

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

  James MacArthur

  Parent, Might, Kind

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

  James MacArthur

  Beach, Hands, Tree

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

  James MacArthur

  Successful, Careers, Acting

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• Beating the drums for Hawaii is not hard to do... the place just grows on you.

  James MacArthur

  Hawaii, Grows, Hard

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

  James MacArthur

  Night, Years, Shooting

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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.

  James MacArthur

  Thinking, People, Hawaii

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• Nobody really knows what makes a hit TV show.

  James MacArthur

  Tv Shows, Tvs, Shows

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

  James MacArthur

  Winning, Guy, World

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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.

  James MacArthur

  Black And White, Guy, World

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

  James MacArthur

  Book, Ideas, Hell

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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.

  James MacArthur

  Men, Needs, Dependent

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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.

  James MacArthur

  Giving, Understanding, World

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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.

  James MacArthur

  Japan, Voice, Guy

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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!

  James MacArthur

  Years, Hawaii, Six

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

  James MacArthur

  Fun, Years, Would Be

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• I got into the acting business very young.

  James MacArthur

  Acting, Young

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• Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.

  James MacArthur

  Sadness, Walt, Merchants

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

  James MacArthur

  Agriculture, Colorado, Skis

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• 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.

  James MacArthur

  Complaining, Actors, Tvs

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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.

  James MacArthur

  Children, Want, Marry Me

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