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

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

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

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

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

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.

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!