I have thousands and thousands of hats. Some are the most outrageous hats in the world. They are my disguise. I hide beneath them.

'Dallas' hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all with an evil grin. I think people related to JR back then because we all have someone we know exactly like him. Everyone in the world knows a JR.

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.

I've travelled a huge amount, but almost all of it has been through work. I spent five years stationed in London in the special services of the American Air Force, producing and directing shows for the troops, which I absolutely loved.

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?

I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it!

There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them.