One person goes off and works in Houston the other person goes off to London and you're on the phone to each other and somebody is paying you to kiss somebody else. It's very bizarre being an actor.
Ted DansonI don't know if I went to the gym, [but] Woody [Harrelson] was 24, and at that point I was like 37, which is when you realize you're no longer 24. So in walked Woody, who was instantly great, but offstage, it was [all] testosterone. We'll arm-wrestle. I still have, like, tendinitis in my elbow. Woody cleaned everybody's clock in everything. Then we got less physical and went to chess, and he whipped our asses with chess.
Ted DansonI had trouble hanging around [Shelley Long] until we stood onstage together, and then I was in heaven.
Ted DansonOne of the ingredients that made Cheers work so well was the great ensemble of actors we had. That's the case with any good series.
Ted Danson