I almost rented a house by an architect named Schindler, but I couldn't afford it. It was a jewel

I still think of myself really as a New Yorker

You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans.

I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.

I never thought of myself as being that good looking, I was an actor, people saw me on television, and then they start to think you're good looking because of that presentation. I was no better looking before the show, than after - and before the TV show I couldn't get a date to save my life. So what changed? Did I suddenly become more good looking? No. I got lucky, I got a TV show. That's what happened.

Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s

The Hardy Boys burned me out. I was recharging my batteries. It was time to return to work, but it was tough because my visibility was low