James MacArthur Quotes

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

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.

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

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

My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing.

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

I got into the acting business very young.

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.

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

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

As long as I continue to breathe, as long as there's injustice in this world, I will use the voice that God has given me to speak against it.

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

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

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.

Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.

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.

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.

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

Nobody really knows what makes a hit TV show.

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.

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

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

For years I have played the twenty-something lover.

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

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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