We did 356 'Dallas' episodes between 1978 and 1991. The most memorable moment for me happened in 1980 when I got shot at the end of the third series. The rest is a blur.

No no there wasn't any planned 14th season, we all saw the writing on the wall. The ratings had been going down and so fourth, that curve goes on every show and in everybody's life.

Marijuana you can give up, I've given it up for fifteen years now and it never occurs to me to smoke it anymore.

I think JR would make a better President than the one we have now.

Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.

Don't you find that the more you know, the more you don't know and can't ever learn because there's too much stuff out there?

At that time I was making the largest salary known on television and I didn't want to see it die because those were the years paying off when I wasn't making anything.